Carborane: Dedicated to the Work of Professor Alan Welch

• Other Authors: Stogniy, Marina Yu (Editor), Rosair, Georgina (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; carboranes; DFT; reaction pathways; boron chemistry; o-carborane; sulfa-Michael addition reaction; cysteine; boron neutron capture therapy; o-carborane decapitation; labeled compound; 1,1'-bis(o-carborane); deboronation; metalation; bis(nickelation); diastereoisomers; stereospecific; boron clusters; liquid crystals; fluorescence; cholesterol; nido-carborane; nitrilium derivatives; nickel(II) half-sandwich complexes; synthesis; structure; Lewis acid; carborane; carbonium ylide; tetrel bond; quantum chemistry; electron density; ELF; iodo derivatives; dihalogen bond; X-ray structure; quantum chemical calculations; iron bis(1,2-dicarbollide); chromium bis(1,2-dicarbollide); tetramethyltetrathiafulvalene; tetramethyltetraselenafulvalene; radical-cation salts; crystal and molecular structure; electric conductivity; n/a
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This Special Issue on carboranes is dedicated to Prof. Alan Welch on the occasion of his retirement and his outstanding contributions to the field of carborane chemistry. Polyhedral carboranes lie at the interface of organic and inorganic chemistry. One of their most attractive and important featur...