Future prospects in boron chemistry: new boron compounds and Lewis acids for catalysis and materials science

Abstract

Boron-containing compounds have a wide range of structures and rich and multifaceted reactivity patterns. As a result, these compounds are being increasingly used in organometallic, supramolecular, organic and inorganic chemistry, as well as in catalysis and materials science. This perspective describes recent ground-breaking studies and their implications for the future development of new catalysts and materials containing one or several trivalent boron atoms.

Keywords

Boron chemistry / organoboron compounds / boron Lewis acids / boron materials / boronic acid derivatives / organoboranes

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