Metal-free regioselective B–O coupling in carboranes for constructing aggregation-induced emission luminogens

Xinrui Li; Ningning Zhou; Deshuang Tu; Chang-sheng Lu; Hong Yan

doi:10.1039/D5CC03944D

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Metal-free regioselective B–O coupling in carboranes for constructing aggregation-induced emission luminogens

Xinrui Li,^a Ningning Zhou,^a Deshuang Tu,*^a Chang-sheng Lu

*^a and Hong Yan

*^a

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^a State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
E-mail: hyan1965@nju.edu.cn

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We report a metal-free regioselective B–O coupling of nido-carboranes enabled by hypervalent iodine(III) under mild conditions. This method establishes a new synthetic platform for the rapid assembly of carborane-based aggregation-induced emission (AIE) luminogens.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC03944D
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 03 Jul 2025
Accepted: 27 Nov 2025
First published: 04 Dec 2025

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Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article

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X. Li, N. Zhou, D. Tu, C. Lu and H. Yan, Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5CC03944D

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Metal-free regioselective B–O coupling in carboranes for constructing aggregation-induced emission luminogens

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