Diboron (4) compounds: from structural curiosity to synthetic workhorse

EC Neeve, SJ Geier, IAI Mkhalid, SA Westcott… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
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 …

Transition-metal-free B–B and B–interelement reactions with organic molecules

AB Cuenca, R Shishido, H Ito… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Diastereoselective guest-shape dependent [2+ 2]-photodimerization of 2-cyclopenten-1-one trapped within a metal–organic framework

PA Demakov, DN Dybtsev, VP Fedin - Chemical Communications, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
UV-induced [2+ 2] dimerization of 2-cyclopenten-1-one and 2-methyl-2-cyclopenten-1-one
was successfully carried out in a single-crystal-to-single-crystal manner within a porous …

Crystallography of encapsulated molecules

K Rissanen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The crystallography of supramolecular host–guest complexes is reviewed and discussed as
a part of small molecule crystallography. In these complexes, the host binds the guests …

Metal-organic materials with triazine-based ligands: From structures to properties and applications

MH Yu, XT Liu, B Space, Z Chang, XH Bu - Coordination Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
Triazine-based ligands, featuring C 3-symmetry configuration, electron-deficient and other
triazine moiety determined characteristics, have facilitated the construction of a diverse set of …

B–B bond activation and NHC ring-expansion reactions of diboron (4) compounds, and accurate molecular structures of B 2 (NMe 2) 4, B 2 eg 2, B 2 neop 2 and B 2 …

M Eck, S Würtemberger-Pietsch, A Eichhorn… - Dalton …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
In this detailed study we report on the structures of the widely employed diboron (4)
compounds bis (pinacolato) diboron (B2pin2) and bis (neopentyl glycolato) diboron …

Hydrogen bonded frameworks: smart materials used smartly

A Yusov, AM Dillon, MD Ward - Molecular Systems Design & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen-bonded frameworks (HBFs) have been studied for decades owing to their
fascinating and diverse architectures, always with an eye toward the role of hydrogen …

Alkoxide activation of tetra-alkoxy diboron reagents in C–B bond formation: a decade of unpredictable reactivity

JJ Carbó, E Fernández - Chemical Communications, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Any attempt to facilitate a new generation of C–B bonds represents a useful tool in organic
synthesis. In addition, if that approach highlights the nucleophilic character of boryl moieties …

Crystalline‐sponge‐based structural analysis of crude natural product extracts

N Wada, RD Kersten, T Iwai, S Lee… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Characterization of complex natural product mixtures to the absolute structural level
of their components often requires significant amounts of starting materials and lengthy …

X-ray structure analysis of ozonides by the crystalline sponge method

S Yoshioka, Y Inokuma, V Duplan… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The crystalline sponge method was used for the X-ray structure analysis of ozonide
compounds. As this new technique requires only microgram quantities of the samples …