碳硼烷化学发展之路

Development of Carborane Chemistry

碳硼烷分子具有独特的笼状结构,能够表现出三维芳香性和稳定的物理化学性质,这使得碳硼烷不仅能够应用于有机硼化学及金属有机化学,而且在生物学、材料学等领域也有不错的应用前景。本文叙述了碳硼烷化学的发展历史、碳硼烷化合物的结构性质,并简要介绍了碳硼烷近年来在生物医学、发光材料以及催化剂领域的应用,希望对读者了解碳硼烷化学的新进展能够有所帮助。

Carboranes exhibit three-dimensional aromaticity as well as stable physical and chemical properties due to their unique molecular cages,which not only enable the wide application in organoboron and organometallic chemistry,but also result in increasing potential applications in fields such as biology and materials science.This article briefly describes the development of carborane chemistry and the structural properties of carboranes,in particular reviewing recent progresses of carboranes in biomedicine,luminescent material,and catalysis.The authors hope to give a hand to readers in a quick scan of the most recent progresses in carborane chemistry.