Self-Assembly of Nanometer-Sized Boroxine Cages from Diboronic Acids

J Am Chem Soc. 2015 Jun 10;137(22):7015-8. doi: 10.1021/jacs.5b02716. Epub 2015 May 27.

Abstract

By use of the reversible trimerization of boronic acids, the series of boroxine cages 3-mer, 6-mer, and 12-mer were constructed from rationally designed diboronic acids whose bond angles between two C-B bonds are 60°, 84°, and 117°, respectively. Boroxine cages 6-mer and 12-mer have 1.5 and 2.5 nm sized cavities, respectively.