Issue 8, 2013

Methods to produce B–C, B–P, B–N and B–S bonds in boron clusters

Abstract

Boranes, heteroboranes and metallacarboranes, all named as boron clusters, offer an alternative to typical organic molecules or organic molecular materials. Carbon and boron share the important property of self-catenation thus these elements can produce individually large and sophisticated molecules. Boron clusters and organic molecules display electronic, physical, chemical and geometrical characteristics manifestly different. These differences highlight the complementarity of organic molecules and boron clusters, and therefore the feasibility or necessity to produce hybrid molecules incorporating both types of fragments. To join these two types of fragments, or alternatively these two types of molecular compounds, tools are needed. In this review the current methods of producing boron clusters with carbon, B–C, nitrogen, B–N, phosphorus, B–P and sulphur bonds, B–S, are indicated. As there are many existing borane clusters of different sizes, heteroboranes and metallacarboranes, the revision of methods to generate the B–C, B–P, B–S, and B–N bonds has been restricted to the most widely used boron clusters; [B12H12]2−, dianionic and an example of a borane, 1,2-C2B10H12, neutral and an example of a heteroborane, and [Co(C2B9H11)2], monoanionic and an example of a metallacarborane.

Graphical abstract: Methods to produce B–C, B–P, B–N and B–S bonds in boron clusters

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
26 Oct 2012
First published
15 Jan 2013

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013,42, 3318-3336

Methods to produce B–C, B–P, B–N and B–S bonds in boron clusters

D. Olid, R. Núñez, C. Viñas and F. Teixidor, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, 42, 3318 DOI: 10.1039/C2CS35441A

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