Special Issue "Organoboron Chemistry"

Guest Editor
Dr. Steve Westcott
Department of Biochemistry & Chemistry, Mount Allison University, 63C York Street, Sackville, NB E4L 1G8, Canada
Website: http://www.thewildtoads.com/#home
E-Mail: swestcott@mta.ca
Phone: +1 506 364 2372
Interests: bioactive green boron compounds; organometallic borylation reactions; hot peppers for a healthier future

Dear Colleagues,

There can be no doubt that we are living in the golden age of boron chemistry.  It is difficult to go through any journal these days without seeing at least a half a dozen articles dedicated to the latest developments in organoboron chemistry.   Metal catalyzed borylations, including the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction, are effective, general and non-toxic routes to preparing a wide array of novel organic compounds.  Sterically congested boron compounds have recently found applications in Frustrated Lewis Pair (FLP) chemistry and new applications to these remarkable species are becoming more and more common.  Organoboron compounds are also making significant headway in medicinal chemistry, as either stalwart synthons or as biologically active materials.  Discrete molecules and polymers containing three-coordinate boron atoms exhibit a number of amazing physicochemical properties that are finding applications in all areas of science and innovation.
This special issue of Molecules welcomes manuscripts covering all aspects of organoboron chemistry including their design, development and applications.

Dr. Steve Westcott
Guest Editor

Submission

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. Papers will be published continuously (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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• aldol
• asymmetric
• Boron, Borylation
• carboranes
• catalysis
• cross-coupling
• enantioselectivity
• fluorescence
• frustrated Lewis-pairs
• lewis acid
• materials
• synthesis