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Boron-nitrogen doped carbon scaffolding: organic chemistry, self-assembly and materials applications of borazines.

Bonifazi, Davide ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5717-0121, Fasano, Francesco, Lorenzo-Garcia, M. M., Marinelli, D., Oubaha, H. and Tasseroul, J. 2015. Boron-nitrogen doped carbon scaffolding: organic chemistry, self-assembly and materials applications of borazines. Chemical Communications 51 , pp. 5222-5236. 10.1039/C5CC06611E

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Abstract

Discovered by Stock and Pohland in 1926, borazine is the isoelectronic and isostructural inorganic analogue of benzene, where the C[double bond, length as m-dash]C bonds are substituted by B–N bonds. The strong polarity of such heteroatomic bonds widens the HOMO–LUMO gap of the molecule, imparting strong UV-emitting/absorption and electrical insulating properties. These properties make borazine and its derivatives valuable molecular scaffolds to be inserted as doping units in graphitic-based carbon materials to tailor their optoelectronic characteristics, and specifically their semiconducting properties. By guiding the reader through the most significant examples in the field, in this feature paper we describe the past and recent developments in the organic synthesis and functionalisation of borazine and its derivatives. These boosted the production of a large variety of tailored derivatives, broadening their use in optoelectronics, H2 storage and supramolecular functional architectures, to name a few.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Chemistry
Subjects: Q Science > QD Chemistry
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
ISSN: 1359-7345
Date of Acceptance: 18 August 2015
Last Modified: 06 Jan 2024 04:45
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/82694

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