All Boron articles
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ResearchForgotten borole synthesis expands family of antiaromatic compounds
Study investigates how benzene-fused borole compares to its non-fused and doubly-fused cousins
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ResearchBoron cluster family breaks electron counting rules
Rare structures have unusual deltahedral shapes
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ResearchBoron-doped olympicenes are surprisingly stable
By possessing useful electronic properties, boraolympicenes could have potential applications in organic electronics
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ResearchMultitasking boron catalyses first aldol reaction from esters
Using esters instead of aldehydes offers chemists a completely new retrosynthetic disconnection
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ResearchStudy finds Goldilocks organoborane catalysts for fluorination
Tuning fluoride ion affinity opens a window for organoborane phase transfer catalysis in nucleophilic fluorination reactions
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ResearchMore metallomimetic chemistry from boron
One boron atom bonds like a transition metal in two different ways
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ResearchExotic bond takes computational chemists by surprise
New results could help to solve the dispute around the strange Na–B bond in NaBH3–
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ResearchStable 2D boron material created for the first time
Atomically thin boron stabilised by hydrogenating the material to create borophane
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ResearchCatalyst breaks only molecules’ toughest C–H bonds
Level up for borylation with catalyst that targets molecules’ least reactive carbon–hydrogen bond
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ResearchFirst ever observation of a neon-containing anion
Showing that a superelectrophilic anion can bind the noble gas crosses hurdle on path to making a stable neon compound
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ResearchMystery around ‘stealthy’ surfactants deepens as study raises more questions
Simple explanation for why inorganic boron clusters behave like organic surfactants doesn’t convince everyone
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ResearchSemiconductive properties see subvalent silver oxide contravene textbook rules
Extreme synthetic conditions create material with a seemingly implausible electron count
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ResearchDouble aromaticity found in boron analogue of metallabenzene
Boron–rhenium cluster is both σ- and π-aromatic
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ResearchSteric shield leads boron to aromatic rings’ most remote region
Bulky blocking counterion makes quick work of borylating arenes’ inaccessible para position
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OpinionOnly boring elements get bored
Prizes for best, most boring and most overlooked element up for grabs
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ResearchChiral borane complexes catalyse new synthesis opportunities
N-heterocyclic carbene-borane complexes with a rare stereogenic boron centre demonstrate potential in stereoselective catalysis
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FeatureThere’s something about boron
Boron’s chemistry is as much defined by what it isn’t – carbon, or a metal – as by what it is. Recent years have started to fix this misconception, as James Mitchell Crow reports
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ResearchNew hydroamination reactions discovered after revisiting old mechanism
Unexpected but reasonable results show there’s nothing boring about organoboron chemistry
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ResearchMachine learning behind beta boron bonding breakthrough
Study resolves long-standing uncertainty over structure of boron
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ResearchChameleon boron switches between electrophile and nucleophile
Mida boronates can be either electrophilic or nucleophilic in rearrangement reactions