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Pure Appl. Chem., 2003, Vol. 75, No. 9, pp. 1305-1313

http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/pac200375091305

Boron clusters: Do they receive the deserved interest?

Francesc Teixidor, Clara Viñas, Albert Demonceau and Rosario Nuñez

Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (CSIC), Campus U.A.B., E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain

Abstract: New applications in which the carborane and metallacarborane species play a crucial role have been recently developed. In these applications, clusters display many particular characteristics that do not find parallel in their organic counterparts. The o-carborane can modulate the C···C distances depending on the substituents bonded to the cluster carbon atom and can lead to the formation of uncommon halogenophosphane charge-transfer “spoke ” complexes with iodine due to their electron-withdrawing capacity. Besides, metallacarboranes have been used as doping agents in organic conducting polymers and as catalysts in Kharasch reactions.