Synthesis and X-ray characterization of 15- and 16-vertex closo-carboranes
Nature Communications, 2020 The synthesis of closo-carboranes with more than 14 vertexes is challenging, and no examples have been reported to date. Herein, the authors present the long-sought 15- and 16-vertex closo-carboranes, in which the introduction of silyl groups to the two ...
Fangrui Zheng +3 more
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Asymmetric 1,8/13,2,x-M2C2B10 14-vertex metallacarboranes by direct electrophilic insertion reactions; the VCD and BHD methods in critical analysis of cage C atom positions [PDF]
, 2014 The isolation of six isomeric, low-symmetry, dicobaltacarboranes with bicapped hexagonal antiprismatic cage structures, always in low yield, is described from reactions in which 13-vertex cobaltacarborane anions and sources of cobalt-containing cations ...
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Pharmacological development of target-specific delocalized lipophilic cation-functionalized carboranes for cancer therapy [PDF]
, 2016 PURPOSE: Tumor cell heterogeneity and microenvironment represent major hindering factors in the clinical setting toward achieving the desired selectivity and specificity to malignant tissues for molecularly targeted cancer therapeutics. In this study,
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Could humans recognize odor by phonon assisted tunneling? [PDF]
, 2006 Our sense of smell relies on sensitive, selective atomic-scale processes that are initiated when a scent molecule meets specific receptors in the nose. However, the physical mechanisms of detection are not clear.
A. M. Stoneham +16 more
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Iridium-catalysed regioselective borylation of carboranes via direct B–H activation
Nature Communications, 2017 Functionalization of the multiple, similar, boron-hydrogen bonds in carboranes is difficult to achieve with selectivity. Here the authors report an iridium-catalysed borylation ofo-carboranes with high yields and regioselectivities.
Ruofei Cheng, Zaozao Qiu, Zuowei Xie
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The Importance of Strain (Preorganization) in Beryllium Bonds
Molecules, 2020 In order to explore the angular strain role on the ability of Be to form strong beryllium bonds, a theoretical study of the complexes of four beryllium derivatives of orthocloso-carboranes with eight molecules (CO, N2, NCH, CNH, OH2, SH2, NH3, and PH3 ...
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Synthesis and In Vitro Biological Evaluation of p-Carborane-Based Di-tert-butylphenol Analogs
Molecules, 2023 Targeting inflammatory mediators and related signaling pathways may offer a rational strategy for the treatment of cancer. The incorporation of metabolically stable, sterically demanding, and hydrophobic carboranes in dual cycloxygenase-2 (COX-2)/5 ...
Sebastian Braun +10 more
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The topological uniqueness of the deltahedra found in the boranes BnHn2− (6≤n≤12) [PDF]
, 1990 The deltahedra observed experimentally in the borane anions BnHn2− (6≤n≤12) are the only possible n-vertex deltahedra having only degree 4 and 5 vertices.
Duijvestijn, A.J.W., King, R.B.
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Competition between Halogen, Hydrogen and Dihydrogen Bonding in Brominated Carboranes [PDF]
, 2016 Halogen bonds are a subset of noncovalent interactions with rapidly expanding applications in materials and medicinal chemistry. While halogen bonding is well known in organic compounds, it is new in the field of boron cluster chemistry.
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Nature Communications, 2021 Chiral-at-cage o-carboranes are clusters of carbon and boron atoms that, when functionalized, can lower the symmetry of the cluster. Here the authors present a method to alkenylate B–H bonds on ocarboranes enantioselectively via iridium catalysis.
Ruofei Cheng +4 more
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