boronated

Boronated is a chemical descriptor used to indicate that a molecule contains boron atoms or boron-containing groups. It is applied to both inorganic boron compounds and organic species in which boron has been introduced as a functional moiety. The term often implies that a synthetic transformation added boron to the substrate, producing boron-containing intermediates such as boranes, boronic acids, or boronate esters.

In organic synthesis, boronation describes reactions that install boron into carbon frameworks. Hydroboration of alkenes or alkynes yields organoborane intermediates, which can be converted to alcohols, undergoing oxidation, or transformed into boronates for cross-coupling reactions such as Suzuki–Miyaura coupling. Boronated ligands and reagents, including boronic acids and boronate esters, are widely used because the carbon–boron bond enables diverse downstream transformations.

Two common contexts for boronated compounds are general organoboron chemistry and specialized applications such as boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) in oncology, where boronated compounds are investigated to deliver boron to tumor tissue. The term is prevalent in chemical literature as an informal way to emphasize boron content or the result of a boronation step, but it is not a formal systematic name.

See also: boron, organoboron chemistry, boronic acids, boronate esters, hydroboration.