Crystals (May 2016)

Coordination Networks Based on Boronate and Benzoxaborolate Ligands

  • Saad Sene,
  • Marie Alix Pizzoccaro,
  • Joris Vezzani,
  • Marc Reinholdt,
  • Philippe Gaveau,
  • Dorothée Berthomieu,
  • Sylvie Bégu,
  • Christel Gervais,
  • Christian Bonhomme,
  • Guillaume Renaudin,
  • Adel Mesbah,
  • Arie van der Lee,
  • Mark E. Smith,
  • Danielle Laurencin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst6050048
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 5
p. 48

Abstract

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Despite the extensive range of investigations on boronic acids (R-B(OH)2), some aspects of their reactivity still need to be explored. This is the case for the coordination chemistry of boronate anions (R-B(OH)3−), which has only recently been started to be studied. The purpose of this review is to summarize some of the key features of boronate ligands (and of their cyclic derivatives, benzoxaborolates) in materials: (i) coordination properties; (ii) spectroscopic signatures; and (iii) emerging applications.

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