Issue 13, 2019

Controlled functionalization of o-carborane via transition metal catalyzed B–H activation

Abstract

Carboranes, a class of carbon–boron molecular clusters, are often viewed as three-dimensional analogues of benzene. They are finding increasing applications as useful functional building blocks in materials science, medicine, organometallic/coordination chemistry and more. Thus, functionalization of carboranes has received considerable attention. In comparison with the weakly acidic cage C–H bonds that can be readily functionalized, selective cage B–H functionalization among ten chemically similar BH vertices in o-carboranes is very challenging. Only in the recent few years, considerable progress has been made in transition metal catalyzed vertex-specific BH functionalization. This review summarizes recent advances in this research area.

Graphical abstract: Controlled functionalization of o-carborane via transition metal catalyzed B–H activation

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
02 mars 2019
First published
15 mai 2019

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2019,48, 3660-3673

Controlled functionalization of o-carborane via transition metal catalyzed B–H activation

Y. Quan and Z. Xie, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2019, 48, 3660 DOI: 10.1039/C9CS00169G

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