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Merging thiophene with boron: new building blocks for conjugated materials
- Source :
- Dalton Transactions. 45:13996-14007
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2016.
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Abstract
- This perspective highlights recent progress on the design, synthesis and applications of thienylboranes as building blocks for new functional materials. Well-controlled synthetic protocols, such as boron-tin and boron-silicon exchange reactions, hydroboration of alkynyl groups, and electrophilic borylations provide opportunities to access thiophene-boranes that are chemically robust and display desirable photophysical properties, redox characteristics, and solid-state assembly behavior. Diverse protocols for further functionalization allow for facile integration into larger conjugated structures and even polymeric systems. Moreover, the strong Lewis acid character that is characteristic of trivalent boranes facilitates intra- and intermolecular Lewis acid-base interactions that can further enrich the chemical and electronic properties of thiophene-borane materials. Recent advances with respect to applications in sensing, organic electronics, and the development of molecular switches are also discussed.
- Subjects :
- Molecular switch
Organic electronics
Materials science
010405 organic chemistry
Boranes
Nanotechnology
Conjugated system
010402 general chemistry
01 natural sciences
0104 chemical sciences
Inorganic Chemistry
Hydroboration
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
Electrophile
Thiophene
Lewis acids and bases
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Details
- ISSN :
- 14779234 and 14779226
- Volume :
- 45
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Dalton Transactions
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3b288d11538c8899200546237c9eb300