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Volume 6: Boron Compounds
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Introduction by Prof. Dieter Kaufmann (Volume Editor): |
| This volume describes the organometallic and organic chemistry of boron. Despite covering just a single element, an extremely broad spectrum of chemistry is discussed within. The authors originate from many
different countries and research fields, thus representing the modern scientific community.
In this way, it was possible to report on a large number of classical and actual synthetic
developments, as well as potential applications, and to cover a broad field of topics
ranging from asymmetric catalysis, over stereoselective syntheses of biologically active
compounds, to polymeric organic materials with nonlinear optical properties.
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A large section was devoted to trialkylboranes, and this section was chosen as a key
part for the description of the selective conversion of carbon–boron bonds, in order to
keep a collection of related synthetic methods together and therefore make it easier to
find and compare these methods. Analogous to Houben–Weyl, Science of Synthesis is
also “product based”. This means that both reactive intermediates and catalysts are treated
in the “applications in organic synthesis” parts of all sections. Additionally, all authors
have in general tried to present a practical and reliable collection of symmetric and asymmetric
variants of synthetic methods.
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