Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1999, 64, 895-926
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19990895
Four Decades of Organic Chemistry of closo-Boranes: A Synthetic Toolbox for Constructing Liquid Crystal Materials. A Review
Piotr Kaszynski
Organic Materials Research Group, Chemistry Department, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, U.S.A.
Abstract
Introduction and transformations of organic functional groups to ten- and twelve-vertex closo-boranes and heteroboranes is reviewed in the context of preparation of liquid crystalline compounds. The review, containing 198 references, is designed as a synthetic manual for materials chemists and focuses on methods for engineering molecules with elongated shapes and variable dipole moments. Several underdeveloped aspects of closo-borane chemistry are identified.
Keywords: Boranes; Carboranes; Heteroboranes; Clusters; Liquid crystals.
