Metal-Boron Compounds – Problems and Perspectives

“True” metal-boron compounds have been known for about ten years. The bonding between the metal and boron atoms can vary widely in nature: Not only simple covalent bonds are encountered but also coordinate bonds and boron-metal multicenter bonds. Furthermore, π complexes of transition metals with boron-nitrogen systems and metal complexes containing boron(I) compounds as ligands have recently also been prepared.     

Synthesis, stereochemistry confirmation and biological activity evaluation of a constituent from Isodon excisus

A synthesis and stereochemistry confirmation of a constituent recently isolated from the whole plant Isodon excisus is reported. An enantioselective catalytic boron-mediated reduction of an α-bromoketone was utilized in the key synthetic transformation. The methodology described herein was also used for the synthesis of the natural product's enantiomer and several derivatives. In addition, the compounds were evaluated for inhibitory activity in a caspase induction assay. The natural product was found to be devoid of activity, but several derivatives had moderate inhibitory activity (EC₅₀<1 μM).     

非晶态NiP（B）／Al2O3催化一氧化碳，水和氧气合成过氧化氢

Hydrogenperoxideisagreenoxidantwithgreatpotentialformuchapplication .Thepresentproduc tionofhydrogen peroxiderequiressevereconditionsand generates pollutants .AlternativesynthesesarerequiredandthesynthesisofH2 O2 fromCO ,H2 OandO2 isverypromising .AsshowninEq(1) ,thesynthesisisthermodynamicallyfavored :CO +H2 O +O2 H2 O2 +CO2 (1)ΔG02 98=- 134kJ/mol　　ThereactionwasfirstreportedbyZudinetal[1]whousedpalladiumtriphenylphosphaneasacatalyst.Bianchietal[2 ] usedabiphasesystemforthesynthe …     

Derivatives of the closo-dodecaborate anion and their application in medicine

The paper presents a comparative analysis of the possibilities and characteristic features of the application of various polyhedral boron compounds, viz., the closo-decaborate anion [B₁₀H₁₀]^2–, the closo-dodecaborate anion [B₁₂H₁₂]^2–, the carba-closo-dodecaborate anion [CB₁₁H₁₂]^–, carboranes C₂B₁₀H₁₂, and the bis(dicarbollide) complexes [M(C₂B₉H₁₁)₂]^– (M = Fe, Co, or Ni), in boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) for cancer. The requirements on compounds used in BNCT are formulated and the advantages of the application of the closo-dodecaborate anion are considered. The data on the synthesis of various derivatives of the closo-dodecaborate anion, which either already found use in BNCT or are most promising in this field, are summarized. The possibilities of the application of agents derived from the closo-dodecaborate anion in medical diagnostics are discussed.     

A unified orbital model of delocalised and localised currents in monocycles, from annulenes to azabora-heterocycles

Why are some (4n+2)π systems aromatic, and some not? The ipsocentric approach to the calculation of the current density induced in a molecule by an external magnetic field predicts a four‐electron diatropic (aromatic) ring current for (4n+2)π carbocycles and a two‐electron paratropic (antiaromatic) current for (4n)π carbocycles. With the inclusion of an electronegativity parameter, an ipsocentric frontier‐orbital model also predicts the transition from delocalised currents in carbocycles to nitrogen‐localised currents in alternating azabora‐heterocycles, which rationalises the differences in (magnetic) aromaticity between these isoelectronic π‐conjugated systems. Ab initio valence‐bond calculations confirm the localisation predicted by the naïve model, and coupled‐Hartree–Fock calculations give current‐density maps that exhibit the predicted delocalised‐to‐localised/carbocycle–heterocycle transition.     

Crystal structure of boron difluoride 3-phenylthiopentane-2,4-dionate. π stacking interactions and luminescence of boron difluoride acetyl acetonates

The crystal structure of boron difluoride 3-phenylthiopentane-2,4-dionate was determined. The relationship between the structure and luminescent properties is traced in the series of boron difluoride acetyl acetonates (acetyl acetonate, phenylacetyl acetonate, and phenylthioacetyl acetonate). The presence of the π stacking interactions in boron difluoride phenylthioacetyl acetonate crystals leads to increased intensity and bathochromic shift of the fluorescence band.     

B20N20团簇的结构与稳定性

B3LYP/6-31G* density functional theory calculations have been carried out on the structure and stability of ten B20N20 clusters. It was found that two new proposed isomers with two octagons, twelve hexagons, eight squares in Cab and C2 symmetry were more stable than the isomer with sixteen hexagons and six squares in C2 symmetry which was previously deemed to the most stable by 79.5 and 13.8 kJ/mol respectively. The isomer with two decagons in S10 symmetry is much higher in energy than the most stable structure in C4h symmetry by 637.2 kJ/mol.     

Some aspects for sintering of β-rhombohedral boron

The investigation of sintering conditions for magnesiothermic amorphous boron (Mg_mB_n) powder is presented. The results of chemical and X-ray analyses of magnesiothermic boron (Mg_mB_n) indicate that it consists of amorphous boron MgB₁₂ and a lesser amount of β-rhombohedral boron. The Mg_mB_n-sintering process is determined by the conditions of amorphous boron transformation into β-boron (crystallization), such as the process of decomposition of MgB₁₂ followed by formation of the “new” centers of active elementary boron. As a result of the experimental investigations of this process the following three stages—thermal decompositions, crystallization and Mg_mB_n sintering—were combined into one sintering process with the sintered bodies as a result of it.     

Formation of two isomeric closo-[(eta5-C5H5)FePC2B8H10] phosphadicarbaborane analogues of ferrocene via isolable eta1-bonded complexes of the [7-[(eta5-C5H5)Fe(CO)2]-(eta1-nido-PC2B8H10)] type

The reaction of nido-[7,8,9-PC(2)B(8)H(11)] (1) with [[CpFe(CO)(2)](2)] (Cp=eta(5)-C(5)H(5) (-)) in benzene (reflux, 3 days) gave an eta(1)-bonded complex [7-Fp-(eta(1)-nido-7,8,9,-PC(2)B(8)H(10))] (2; Fp=CpFe(CO)(2); yield 38 %). A similar reaction at elevated temperatures (xylene, reflux 24 h) gave the isomeric complex [7-Fp-(eta(1)-nido-7,9,10-PC(2)B(8)H(10))] (3; yield 28 %) together with the fully sandwiched complexes [1-Cp-closo-1,2,4,5-FePC(2)B(8)H(10)] 4 a (yield 30%) and [1-Cp-closo-1,2,4,8-FePC(2)B(8)H(10)] 4 b (yield 5%). Compounds 2 and 3 are isolable intermediates along the full eta(5)-complexation pathway of the phosphadicarbaborane cage; their heating (xylene, reflux, 24 h) leads finally to the isolation of compounds 4 a (yields 46 and 52%, respectively) and 4 b (yields 4 and 5%, respectively). Moreover, compound 3 is isolated as a side product from the heating of 2 (yield 10%). The structure of compound 4 a was determined by an X-ray structural analysis and the constitution of all compounds is consistent with the results of mass spectrometry and IR spectroscopy. Multinuclear ((1)H, (11)B, (31)P, and (13)C), two-dimensional [(11)B-(11)B]-COSY, and (1)H[(11)B(selective)] magnetic resonance measurements led to complete assignments of all resonances and are in excellent agreement with the structures proposed.