Perfluoroaryl boranes are an important class of organometallic Lewis acids. The synthesis of perfluorinated compounds brings special challenges to tried‐and‐true synthetic methodologies. In their Communication on page 2955 ff., W. E. Piers and co‐workers present the synthesis of a new, fully fluorinated heterocyclic borane that is also a member of the rare antiaromatic borole class of compounds. The route relies on normally facile transmetallation reactions made more difficult by the electron‐withdrawing C6F5 groups of the target product.
Multicompartmental microcylinders can be produced by a combination of electrohydrodynamic co‐spinning and microsectioning, as described by J. Lahann et al. in their Communication on page 4589 ff. The number of individual compartments, relative compartment orientation, chemical composition and functionality, and aspect ratio can be precisely tuned. Each color in the longitudinal and cross‐sectional micrograph images depicts an individual compartment.
Programmable organic light‐emitting diodes: UV irradiation converts an oxetane‐functionalized dithienylethene derivative from its colorless open form into a dark blue closed form, while visible light reverses the reaction. In the Communication on page 4038 ff., K. Meerholz and co‐workers describe a reversibly switchable organic light‐emitting diode based on this principle.
