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Expanding luminescence horizons in macropolyhedral heteroboranes

Lookup NU author(s): Professor William Clegg

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Abstract

Luminescence is observed in three novel macropolyhedral nineteen- and eighteen-vertex chalcogenaboranes: Se₂B₁₇H₁₇ (1), SeB₁₇H₁₉ (3) and SeB₁₈H₂₀ (4). This led us to the recognition that previously published macropolyhedral heteroborane species might also exhibit luminescence. Thus, the known nineteen- and eighteen-vertex dithiaboranes S₂B₁₇H₁₇ (2), n-S₂B₁₆H₁₆ (5) and i-S₂B₁₆H₁₆ (6) were synthesised and also found to exhibit a range of luminescent properties. These macropolyhedral species are very different from the previously unique fluorescent binary borane B₁₈H₂₂ in terms of their structural architectures, by the presence of borane cluster hetero atoms, and, as in the cases of 5 and 6, that their synthetic origins are not derived simply through the modification of B₁₈H₂₂ itself. They consequently greatly expand the possibilities of finding new luminescent inorganic borane species.

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Author(s): Bould J, Ehn M, Tok O, Bavol D, Kucerakova M, Clegg W, Litecka M, Lang K, Kirakci K, Londesborough MGS

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Year: 2024

Volume: 63

Issue: 17

Print publication date: 22/04/2024

Online publication date: 24/02/2024

Acceptance date: 23/02/2024

Date deposited: 24/02/2024

ISSN (print): 1433-7851

ISSN (electronic): 1521-3773

Publisher: Wiley-VCH GmbH

URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202401872

DOI: 10.1002/anie.202401872

ePrints DOI: 10.57711/zn3v-3450

Data Access Statement: The data that support the findings of this study are available in the supplementary material of this article.

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