title: Dual sensing of fluoride ions by the o-carborane-triarylborane dyad.
abstract: The o-carborane-triarylborane dyad shows high fluoride ion affinity through the trigonal-planar boron center while degradation to nido-carborane leads to a turn-on fluorescence response toward fluoride.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ki Cheol
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Hyungjun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kang Mun
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yoon Sup
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Youngkyu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Do
authors.forename: Min Hyung
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D001880:Boranes / Q000737:chemistry*; D005453:Fluorescence; D005459:Fluorides / Q000737:chemistry*; D007477:Ions / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011789:Quantum Theory
chemical_list: D001880:Boranes; D007477:Ions; D005459:Fluorides