Boron Chemistry at the Millennium

Organic and Organometallic Chemistry of Cage Boranes and Carboranes Small carborane ligands as spectators and as players. (R.N. Grimes). Recent advances in the chemistry of small cage main Group metallacarboranes. (N.S. Hosmane). Organic derivatives of closo-boranes: a new class of liquid crystal materials. (P. Kaszynski, A.G. Douglass). Synthesis and characterization of a new dicage ortho-carborane with a supramolecular structure directed by intermolecular C-H carborane O bonds. (R. Macias, N.P. Rath, L. Barton). The formation of boron-carbon bonds to closo-decaborate (2-) and closo-dodecaborate (2-). (D. Gabel, S. Mai, O. Perleberg). Boronic Acid and Ester Chemistry Functional group compatibilities in boronic ester chemistry. (D.S. Matteson). Application of 1,2:5,6-di-O-cyclohexylidene-D-mannitol as the chiral director in Matteson's asymmetric homologation. (G. Li, G.W. Kabalka). New perspectives for boronic esters in macrocyclic chemistry. (N. FarfÝn, H. HÖpfl, V. Barba, Ma.E. Ochoa, R. Santillan, E. GÓmez, A. GutiÉrrez). Boronated thiophenols: a preparation of 4-mercaptophenylboronic acid and derivatives. (A. Brikh, C. Morin). Unsaturated Organoboron Chemistry The preparation of optically active boronic ester substituted Dgr; 2 -isoxazolines. (R.H. Wallace, K.K. Zong). Boratabenzenes: from chemical curiosities to promising catalysts. (A.J. Ashe III, S. Al-Ahmad, X. Fang). Selective reactions of minor tautomers among allylic type triorganobornes. (I.D. Gridnev, M.E. Gurskii, Y.N. Bubnov). Enantioselective synthesis of optically active homoallylamines by allylboration of N-diisobutylaluminum imines. (K. Watanabe, S. Kuroda, A. Yokoi, K. Ito, S. Itsuno).Generation of o-quinodimethanes via the electrocyclic reaction of (4Z)-1,2,4,6,7-octapentaenes derived from the organoborate complexes and their subsequent reactions. (Q. Zhang, K.K. Wang). Other Aspects of Organoboron Chemistry Chiral synthesis via organoboranes. 45. Asymmetric hydroboration of 1-cyclopentenol derivatives using diisopinocampheylborane. Synthesis of optically active cyclopentane-1,2-diol derivatives of high optical purity. (H.C. Brown, D. Murali, B. Singaram). Addition reactions of protonic reagents to optically active 2-phenyl-1,3,2-oxazaborolines. (A. Rosendo Rico, M. Tlahuextl, A. Flores-Parra, R. Contreras). The tetrahedral character of the boron atom newly defined - a useful tool to evaluate the N⇒B bond. (H. HÖpfl). Organoboron Compounds for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Identification, development, synthesis and evaluation of boron-containg nucleosides for neutron capture therapy. (A.H. Soloway, J.-C. Zhuo, F.-G. Rong, A.J. Lunato, D.H. Ives, R.F. Barth, A.K.M. Anisuzzaman, C.D. Barth, B.A. Barnum). Nucleic acids and nucleosides containg carboranes. (Z.J. Lesnikowski, J. Shi, R.F. Schinazi).The synthesis of a carborane gadolinium-DTPA complex for boron neutron capture therapy. (H. Nemoto, J. Cai, H. Nakamur, M. Fujiwara, Y. Yamamoto). Other Applications of Organoboron Chemistry Borane-containing polyolefins: synthesis and applications. (T.C. Chung, W. Janvikul). C-substituted bis(dicarbollide) metal compounds as sensors and extractants of radionuclides from nuclear wastes. (C. ViÑas, S. Gomez, J. Bertran, J. Barron, F. Teixidor, J.-F. Dozol, H. Rouquette, R. KivekÄs, R. SillanpÄÄ). Copper-catalyzed sodium tetraphenylborate, triphenylborane, diphenylborinic acid and phenylboronic acid decomposition kinetic studies in aqueous alUNKNOWN AUTHOR is the author of 'Boron Chemistry at the Millennium', published 1999 under ISBN 9780444720061 and ISBN 0444720065.