Systematic investigations on molecular crystals of boronic acids

Boronic acids in molecular self-assembly.

The reversibility of boronic acid and diol interaction makes it an ideal candidate for the design of self-assembled molecular structures. Reversibility is required to ensure that the thermodynamically most stable structure is formed. Reversibility also ensures that any errors produced during the assembly process are not permanent.

Electrophilic Trifluoromethylselenolation of Boronic Acids.

Trifluoromethylselenylated compounds are emergent compounds with interesting physicochemical properties that still suffer from a lack of efficient synthetic methods. We recently developed an efficient one-pot strategy to generate in situ CF₃SeCl and use it in various reactions. Herein, we continue our study of the reactivity scope of this preformed reagent. Cross-coupling reactions with aromati...

Dielectric Investigations on Ferroelectric Columnar Liquid Crystals

Sugar complexation to silicone boronic acids.

A new class of surface-active compounds based on the combination of silicones and boronic acids is described. The properties of the compounds can be tuned by manipulation of both the hydrophobic (silicone size and 3D structure) and hydrophilic components (by binding different saccharides to the boronic acid). Stabilization of the four-coordinate boron structure is provided by Tris buffer that a...

Systematic Structural Investigations on Phosphines

This work contributes to the systematic investigation of phosphines. In an attempt to deter­ mine the nature, shape, volume and direction of the lone pairs at the phosphorus atoms in phosphines, high resolution X-ray structure analyses of triphenylphosphine, tris(p-methoxyphenyl)phosphine, bis(2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl)phosphine, 1,1 -bis(diphenylphosphino)ethene and 4,5,6-triphenyl-4-phosphaspi...