meso-Anisyl boron dipyrrins (BODIPYs) 1-6 containing one to six bromines at the pyrrole carbons have been synthesized by treating meso-anisyl dipyrromethane with 'n' equivalents of N-bromosuccinimide in THF at room temperature followed by oxidation with DDQ, neutralization with triethylamine and further complexation with BF(3)·OEt(2). The brominated compounds were characterized by HR-MS mass, d...

Synthesis achieves better uniformity and tunability in boron-carbon-nitrogen compounds

Five new three-coordinate boron compounds with a B=N bond involving an indole or a substituted indole ligand including B(mesityl)2(indolyl), (1), B(mesityl)2(2-Me-indolyl), (2), B(mesityl)2(3-Me-indolyl), (3), B(mesityl)2 (7-Me-indolyl), (4), and B(mesityl)2(3-Ph-indolyl), (5) have been synthesized. The structures of these new compounds were determined by X-ray diffraction analyses. All five co...

Background: Boron and gadolinium are among the nuclides that hold a unique property of being a neutron capture therapy agent. Neutron beams have often a considerable portion of gamma rays with fast neutrons. Gamma rays, as beam contaminants, can cause considerable damage to normal tissues even if such tissues do contain high boron concentrations. Materials and Methods: The modification of radio...

Novel activated boron nitride (BN) as an effective adsorbent for pollutants in water and air has been reported in the present work. The activated BN was synthesized by a simple structure-directed method that enabled us to control the surface area, pore volume, crystal defects and surface groups. The obtained BN exhibits an super high surface area of 2078 m(2)/g, a large pore volume of 1.66 cm(3...

A series of binuclear boron compounds supported by Salan(Bu)H4 ligands have been prepared. They are of the general formula Salan(Bu)[B(OR)]2. The compounds are Salean( Bu)(BOR)2 [Salean( Bu) = (N,N 0-ethylenebis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-salicylamine)), R = Me (1), SiMe3 (4)], Salban( Bu)(BOR)2[Salban( Bu) = (N,N 0-butylenebis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-salicylamine)), R = Me (2), SiMe3 (5)], and Salhan(Bu)(BOR...