carboranebased
Carborane-based refers to compounds, materials, and architectures that incorporate carborane clusters as integral building blocks. Carboranes are boron-hydrogen clusters that contain carbon atoms within a three-dimensional icosahedral framework, typically represented by closo-C2B10H12 for a standard carborane. They exhibit high thermal and chemical stability and feature a delocalized three-dimensional electronic structure, which makes them unusually robust for diverse chemical environments. Substitution on the carbon vertices or on boron sites allows a wide range of derivatives with tailored properties.
The carborane family includes ortho-, meta-, and para-carborane, named for the relative positions of the two
Key properties driving interest include a high boron content, chemical inertness, and the ability to withstand
Applications span medicine, materials science, and catalysis. In medicine, carborane-containing compounds are explored for boron neutron