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SUBMITTER: Mills HA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7276281 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20200303 10
We report the first indirect observation and use of boron vertex-centered carboranyl radicals generated by the oxidation of modified carboranyl precursors. These radical intermediates are formed by the direct oxidation of a B-B bond between a boron cluster cage and an exopolyhedral boron-based substituent (<i>e.g.</i>, -BF<sub>3</sub>K, -B(OH)<sub>2</sub>). The <i>in situ</i> generated radical species are shown to be competent substrates in reactions with oxygen-based radicals, dichalcogenides, ...[more]