Synthesis applications with carboranes

The research field of ortho-carborane chemistry continues to expand rapidly mainly due to the commercial availability of ort/fo-carborane itself and the recent interest of these derivatives as agents for BNCT and other applications. Synthesis of these carboranes is still dominated by reactions of decaborane with various alkynes as shown in Table 19 (Figure 2). 3-Substituted derivatives are made by capping the /[Pg.71]

Contemporary Boron Chemistry contains 80 reports in nine chapters. Clearly, since much research is interdisciplinary in nature, our decision to include a report in one particular section rather than another was sometimes an arbitrary one. With this caveat in mind, the sections are as follows Applications to Polyolefin Catalysis Materials and Polymers Medicinal Applications Cluster Synthesis Carboranes Metallaboranes Metallaheteroboranes Organic and Inorganic Chemistry of Mono- and Di-boron Systems and Theoretical and Computational Studies. 

The strong interest in poly(carborane-siloxanes) is primarily due to their thermal stabilityThe synthesis of elastomers with a 50°C gain in the use temperature over corresponding polysiloxanes has been a technical success, yet, owing to their high cost, industrial applicability is doubtful. They are synthesized by condensation of the carborane-siloxane halide with a diether ... 

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