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Photoinduced Selective B鈥揌 Activation of <i>nido</i>-Carboranes
The development of new synthetic methods for B鈥揌
bond activation
has been an important research area in boron cluster chemistry, which
may provide opportunities to broaden the application scope of boron
clusters. Herein, we present a new reaction strategy for the direct
site-selective B鈥揌 functionalization of nido-carboranes initiated by photoinduced cage activation via a noncovalent
cage路路路蟺 interaction. As a result, the nido-carborane cage radical is generated through a single
electron transfer from the 3D nido-carborane cage
to a 2D photocatalyst upon irradiation with green light. The resulting
transient nido-carborane cage radical could be directly
probed by an advanced time-resolved EPR technique. In air, the subsequent
transformations of the active nido-carborane cage
radical have led to efficient and selective B鈥揘, B鈥揝,
and B鈥揝e couplings in the presence of N-heterocycles, imines,
thioethers, thioamides, and selenium ethers. This protocol also facilitates
both the late-stage modification of drugs and the synthesis of nido-carborane-based drug candidates for boron neutron capture
therapy (BNCT)