Fifth Element: The Current State of Boron Chemistry
A special issue of Inorganics (ISSN 2304-6740).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 25377
Special Issue Editor
Interests: polyhedral boron compounds; carboranes; metal complexes; catalysis; synthesis, structure
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Dear Colleagues,
Boron chemistry is one of the most diverse and rapidly developing fields of modern chemistry. This is primarily due to the wide variety of compounds that boron is capable of forming, ranging from simple inorganic compounds such as oxides, nitrides and halides to organoboron compounds that play a huge role in organic synthesis, as well as unusual cluster structures in which an atypical electron-deficient bond is realized. Another reason is the wide variety of applications of boron and boron-containing compounds, including polymers, ceramics, heat-resistant materials, semiconductors, synthesis of organic fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals, medicines etc.
This Special Issue aims to collect data on the latest advances in synthetic and applied boron chemistry. We invite the submission of high-quality research on the synthesis, characterization, physical and chemical properties, reaction mechanisms as well as theoretical aspects and practical application of all types of boron compounds, including organoboron compounds, metal complexes with boron-based ligands and polyhedral boron clusters.
We are pleased to invite all researchers who are working in the area of boron chemistry to submit a manuscript to this Special Issue as an original research paper, communication or review.
Dr. Marina Yu. Stogniy
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- boron compounds
- synthesis
- structure
- properties
- fundamentals
- applications
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