Organoborons have emerged as versatile building blocks in organic synthesis to achieve
molecular diversity and as carboxylic acid bioisosteres with broad applicability in drug …

N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHC) are nowadays ubiquitous and indispensable in many
research fields, and it is not possible to imagine modern transition metal and main group …

Although known for over 90 years, only in the past two decades has the chemistry of diboron
(4) compounds been extensively explored. Many interesting structural features and reaction …

This review is a guided tour along the activation modes and reactivity of B–B, B–Si, B–N, B–
S, B–Se and B–P reagents, in the absence of any transition metal complex. Here are …

A long-standing challenge in synthetic chemistry is the direct, selective functionalization of
alkyl, alkenyl, and aryl CH bonds. Much research has been devoted to the selective …

This review covers all aspects of 9-borafluorene chemistry, from the first attempted synthesis
in 1960 to the present. This class of molecules consists of a tricyclic system featuring a …

Chem. Rev. 2010, 110, 4023–4078 4023 10.1021/cr100105a 2010 American Chemical
Society Published on Web 07/14/2010 dates from the 19th century. Since 2000, these …

Although chemically binding interatomic interactions are the basis for chemistry as a whole,
the understanding of the nature of the chemical bond is much less advanced than the …

Pyrene‐based π‐conjugated materials are considered to be an ideal organic electro‐
luminescence material for application in semiconductor devices, such as organic light …

The formation of a single product from terminal functionalization of linear alkanes from a
transition metal–catalyzed reaction is reported. The rhodium complex Cp* Rh (η4 …