Themed collection Contemporary Research in Boron Chemistry

Guest editors Shih-Yuan Liu and Douglas W. Stephan introduce the Boron Chemistry themed issue of Chemical Society Reviews.

Mechanistic studies of hydrogenation and dehydrogenation of boron and nitrogen containing compounds in the solid-state and its applications are reviewed.

This review summarizes boronic acid's contribution to the development of bioconjugates with a particular focus on the molecular mechanisms underlying its role in the construction and function of the bioconjugate, namely as a bioconjugation warhead, as a payload and as part of a bioconjugate linker.

Photoelectron spectroscopy in conjunction with theoretical calculations has been used to investigate size-selected boron clusters, uncovering interesting structures and bonding.

This review summarizes recent advances in transition metal catalyzed vertex-specific BH functionalization of o-carborane for controlled synthesis of its derivatives.

Representative types of boron-based molecular systems that respond to external stimuli such as temperature, pressure, light, or chemicals (oxygen, acid, base etc.) are described in this review article. The boron molecules are classified according to their operating mechanisms, with emphasis on systems, which are based on switchable boron-donor bonds and switchable excited states.

This review focuses on boron-containing heterocycles enabling the activation of σ- and π-bonds in small molecules.

This article is focused on recent developments in main group mediated hydrogenation chemistry and catalysis using “frustrated Lewis pairs” (FLPs).

Carborane derivatives as a new class of drugs (“new keys”) for important receptors (“old locks”) as targets for efficient therapeutic treatments.

Late-stage functionalization techniques allow synthetic chemists to decorate an assembled BN-heterocycle for a variety of applications!

Although boronic acids are recognized primarily for their utility as reagents in transition metal-catalyzed transformations, other applications are emerging, including their use as reaction catalysts.

This tutorial review describes recent developments in catalytic reaction design that involve catalyst-promoted 1,2-metalate shifts as a critical part of the reaction mechanism.

While conventional approaches to stabilizing main group radicals have involved the use of Lewis acids or bases, this tutorial review focuses on new avenues to main group radicals derived from combinations of donor and acceptor molecules.