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Synlett 2021; 32(13): 1316-1322
DOI: 10.1055/a-1405-7012
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Perspectives on Organoheteroatom and Organometallic Chemistry

Perspective on Organoboron Chemistry

Lingbing Kong∗
a   School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. of China
b   State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry and College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. of China
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Chunming Cui∗
b   State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry and College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. of China
› Author AffiliationsWe gratefully acknowledge financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants 21971144 and 21632006), the Key R&D Program of Shandong Province (Grant 2019GGX102032), the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (Grant ZR2019ZD46), and the Multidisciplinary Research and Innovation Team of Young Scholars of Shandong University (Grant 2020QNQT007).
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Dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Chemistry at Nankai University

Abstract

Organoboron compounds play prominent roles in structural, synthetic, and materials chemistry because boron atoms can feature electrophilic, ambiphilic, or nucleophilic character. This perspective briefly describes the most recent progress in organoboron chemistry, focusing on new boron molecules and their applications that have attracted great interest from main-group chemists. The research hotspots arising from these pioneering results are also discussed.

1 Introduction

2 Diboron Reagents

3 Boryl Anions

4 Borylenes

5 Nucleophilic or Ambiphilic Boron-Containing N-Heterocycles

6 Conclusions and Outlook

Key words

boron - diboron compounds - boryl anions - BN-heterocycles


Publication History

Received: 29 January 2021

Accepted after revision: 04 March 2021

Accepted Manuscript online:
04 March 2021

Article published online:
01 April 2021

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