Polyhedral boron cage compounds: an account

Issue title: Polyfunctional Organoboranes

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Hosmane, Narayan S. | Maguire, John A. | Yinghuai, Zhu

Affiliations: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115-2862, USA | Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0314, USA | Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, Jurong Island, Singapore 627833

Note: [] Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: An account of recent research on the syntheses, structures, and properties of the complexes formed between carboranes and metals in the pentagonal bipyramidal and icosahedral cage systems is given. When appropriate, the differences in the reactivities of these complexes with their borane and cyclopentadienyl analogues are discussed.

Keywords: Polyhedral-cages, Carboranes, Boranes, Metallacarboranes, Main-Group Metals, Syntheses, Structures, Lanthanides, Open-Cyclopentadienides, Nanoparticles

DOI: 10.1080/10241220701607501

Journal: Main Group Chemistry, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 251-265, 2006