[HTML][HTML] Boron delivery agents for neutron capture therapy of cancer

RF Barth, P Mi, W Yang - Cancer Communications, 2018 - Springer
Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is a binary radiotherapeutic modality based on the
nuclear capture and fission reactions that occur when the stable isotope, boron-10, is …

Transition-Metal Catalysis of Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions: A Radical Alternative to SN1 and SN2 Processes

GC Fu - ACS central science, 2017 - ACS Publications
Classical methods for achieving nucleophilic substitutions of alkyl electrophiles (SN1 and
SN2) have limited scope and are not generally amenable to enantioselective variants that …

Highly selective separation of benzene and cyclohexane in a spatially confined carborane metallacage

PF Cui, XR Liu, YJ Lin, ZH Li, GX Jin - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Separation of light hydrocarbons (C1–C9) represents one of the “seven chemical
separations to change the world”. Boron clusters can potentially play an important role in …

Too persistent to give up: Aromaticity in boron clusters survives radical structural changes

J Poater, C Viñas, I Bennour, S Escayola… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
o-C2B10H12 isomerizes to m-C2B10H12 upon heating at 400° C. Deboronation in o-
C2B10H12 is a relatively easy process, whereas it is more difficult in m-C2B10H12. These …

Electrochemistry and photoluminescence of icosahedral carboranes, boranes, metallacarboranes, and their derivatives

R Núñez, M Tarrés, A Ferrer-Ugalde… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Icosahedral boranes, carboranes, and metallacarboranes are extraordinarily robust
compounds with desirable properties such as thermal and redox stability, chemical …

[HTML][HTML] Boron chemistry for medical applications

F Ali, NS Hosmane, Y Zhu - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Boron compounds now have many applications in a number of fields, including Medicinal
Chemistry. Although the uses of boron compounds in pharmacological science have been …

Boron cluster compounds as new chemical leads for antimicrobial therapy

K Fink, M Uchman - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Boron cluster compounds are inorganic compounds with chemical compositions and
structures vastly different from those of organic compounds, albeit with the ability to form a …

Nonclassical Applications of closo-Carborane Anions: From Main Group Chemistry and Catalysis to Energy Storage

SP Fisher, AW Tomich, SO Lovera… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Classically closo-carborane anions, particularly [HCB11H11]− and [HCB9H9]−, and their
derivatives have primarily been used as weakly coordinating anions to isolate reactive …

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

Y Quan, Z Xie - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Carboranes, a class of carbon–boron molecular clusters, are often viewed as three-
dimensional analogues of benzene. They are finding increasing applications as useful …

Aggregation‐induced electrochemiluminescence of carboranyl carbazoles in aqueous media

X Wei, MJ Zhu, Z Cheng, M Lee, H Yan… - Angewandte …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The aggregation‐induced electrochemiluminescence (AIECL) of carboranyl carbazoles in
aqueous media was investigated for the first time. Quantum yields, morphologies, and …