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A 60-year search is over: Chemists isolate long-elusive molecules with boron-oxygen triple bonds

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Chemists at the University of Würzburg, supported by computational work from Tezpur University, successfully isolated stable oxoboranes after a 60-year search. This breakthrough, published in Nature Chemistry, provides a method for preparing and isolating these molecules, which had previously been a significant chemical challenge.

Key points

• A team led by Professor Holger Braunschweig at the University of Würzburg, supported by computational work from Professor Ashwini K. Phukan at Tezpur University, isolated stable oxoboranes.
• The discovery was made after a 60-year search, and the method allows for the preparation and isolation of these molecules for the first time.

Context

This research represents a major milestone in organic chemistry, resolving a long-standing challenge in synthesizing stable oxoboranes that had been difficult to isolate for decades.

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