Themed collection Boron & Beyond - in celebration of Todd Marder

Highlighting the remarkable impact that Prof. Marder's research has made in science.

Modular, well-defined, and robust hierarchical functional materials are targets of numerous synthesis endeavors.

We summarized the Ir-catalysed borylation of PAHs, especially pyrene, and the optoelectronic materials generated by following this chemistry. The optoelectronic properties of pyrene derivatives have also been discussed.

Haloboration is a mostly overlooked technique, yet it is a powerful way of transforming alkynes stereoselectively into difunctionalised ambiphilic alkenes, which readily undergo a plethora of highly useful subsequent reactions.

gem-Borylsilylalkanes have emerged as powerful reagents and attracted increasing attention in synthetic chemistry. This review summarizes the recent development in the synthesis of gem-borylsilylalkanes and their chemoselective transformation

The uncatalyzed addition of catecholborane to α-diimines has been examined.

Boron-doping of oligohetarenes – via classical metathesis or silicon/boron exchange routes – led to strongly luminescent and twofold reversibly reducible oligomers.

By the reaction of the phosphanylborane Ph₂PBH₂·NMe₃ with Ag[FAl{OC₆F₁₀(C₆F₅)}₃] or Ag[BF₄] first Ag(I) coordination compounds stabilized by phosphine-boranes were obtained.

Lithium was deposited onto lithium chloride powder in a ∼5% weight/weight ratio and demonstrated to be an effective reducing reagent.

We present the synthesis of seven new organic co-poly-ynes P1–P7 incorporating phenothiazine (PTZ) motif and evaluate their optoelectronic properties and performance in polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs) and polymer solar cells (PSCs).

Electron density difference between the S2 state reached by the 2PA and the ground state S0 (Δμ_S2–S0 = 1.70 D) for 2TM-NMe₃⁺.

A series of monoanionic NNN-pincer ligands effectively stabilize five-coordinate gallium and indium dichloride complexes, as well as neutral dimethyl aluminum species, and organometallic cations thereof.

The closely related pincer ligands POCN and POCOP display different electron donating properties and different degrees of resistance to ligand exchange reactions proceeding via cationic reaction intermediates.

Star shaped porphyrins decorated with external fluorenonyl arms have been isolated. Their luminescence and selected photophysical properties are discussed in the frame of two-photon-induced theranostics.

A group of dimesitylboryl-ended quadrupolar hybrid-oligothiophenes were examined aiming to optimize their TPEF properties.

An efficient and reusable CeO₂ nanocatalyst has been developed for the selective hydroboration of carbonyl compounds, including aromatic, heteroaromatic, aliphatic, and (hetero)aliphatic aldehydes and ketones.

Half-devices made with a norbornene homopolymer with hole-transporting 2,7-bis(di-p-anisylamino)fluorene side chains exhibit improved light and heat stability in comparison to those incorporating spiro-OMeTAD.

The relative preference of different unsaturated organic molecules (CO₂, PhCHO and styrene) for insertion into different Cu–X (X = B, C, O) bonds has been systematically examined with the aid of DFT calculations.

A study on the reactivity of cobalt half-sandwich complexes [Cp^(*)Co(NHC)(olefin)] with perfluoroarenes demonstrates that C–F activation occurs along a one-electron oxidative addition pathway.

A new strategy giving hexatrienylferrocenes.

Alkoxycyanoborates including low-viscosity ionic liquids which are promising materials in particular for electrochemical applications and Li[CH₃OB(CN)₃], which is a potential conducting salt, are presented.

A synthetic ‘trick’ affording complexes [M(CCR)(dppe)Cp′] (M = Fe, Ru) in high purity directly from the reaction vessel is described.

Synthesis and characterisation of NHC copper boryl complexes [(NHC)Cu–Bneop] and their decomposition to low-valent copper clusters.

Reactions of organoplatinum complexes with dimethylamineborane are reported.

We investigated isolated 2-hydroxypyrene and its dimer in the gas phase by time- and frequency-resolved photoionisation with picosecond time-resolution.

A copper(II)-catalyzed internal protoboration of monosubstituted allenes efficiently occurs in water at room temperature and open air to generate 1,1-disubstituted vinyl boronic acid derivatives.

Light-promoted, copper catalyzed cage C–H arylation of o-carboranes with aryl halides has been achieved, leading to the facile synthesis of a variety of 1-aryl-o-carboranes and o-carborane-fused cyclics.