Carboranes in drug discovery, chemical biology and molecular imaging

A Marfavi, P Kavianpour, LM Rendina - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
There exists a paucity of structural innovation and limited molecular diversity associated with
molecular frameworks in drug discovery and biomolecular imaging/chemical probe design …

A Strategy for Selective Catalytic B–H Functionalization of o-Carboranes

Z Qiu, Z Xie - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Carboranes are a class of polyhedral carbon–boron molecular clusters
featuring three-dimensional aromaticity, which are often considered as 3D analogues of …

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 …

Palladium-Catalyzed Regioselective B(9)-Amination of o-Carboranes and m-Carboranes in HFIP with Broad Nitrogen Sources

YN Ma, Y Gao, Y Ma, Y Wang, H Ren… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Amination of carboranes has a good application prospect in organic and pharmaceutical
synthesis. However, the current methods used for this transformation suffer from limitations …

Facile Construction of New Hybrid Conjugation via Boron Cage Extension

F Sun, S Tan, HJ Cao, C Lu, D Tu… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Aromatic polycyclic systems have been extensively utilized as structural subunits for the
preparation of various functional molecules. Currently, aromatics-based polycyclic systems …

Direct B–H Functionalization of Icosahedral Carboranes via Hydrogen Atom Transfer

H Ren, P Zhang, J Xu, W Ma, D Tu, C Lu… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The efficient and selective functionalization of icosahedral carboranes (C2B10H12) at the
boron vertexes is a long-standing challenge owing to the presence of 10 inert B–H bonds in …

Engineered cyclodextrin-based supramolecular hydrogels for biomedical applications

Y Zhao, Z Zheng, CY Yu, H Wei - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Cyclodextrin (CD)-based supramolecular hydrogels are polymer network systems with the
ability to rapidly form reversible three-dimensional porous structures through multiple cross …

B(9)-OH-o-Carboranes: Synthesis, Mechanism, and Property Exploration

YN Ma, H Ren, Y Wu, N Li, F Chen… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Herein, we present a chemically robust and efficient synthesis route for B (9)-OH-o-
carboranes by the oxidation of o-carboranes with commercially available 68% HNO3 under …

Alternately π‐Stacked Systems Assisted by o‐Carborane: Dual Excimer Emission and Color Modulation by Bcage‐Methylation

J Ochi, K Tanaka, Y Chujo - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we report the unique solid‐state excimer emission of three types of acridine‐
tethered o‐carboranes with variable degrees of methylation at the o‐carborane unit. They all …

Functionalization of o-carboranes via carboryne intermediates

Z Qiu, Z Xie - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Carborynes (1, 2-dehydro-o-carborane and 1, 3-dehydro-o-carborane), three-dimensional
analogues of benzyne, can be generated in situ from the precursors 1-X-2-Li-1, 2 …