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ArticleNature communications2024

Water-stable boroxine structure with dynamic covalent bonds.

Xiaopei Li, Yongjie Zhang, Zhenqiang Shi, Dongdong Wang, Hang Yang, Yahui Zhang, Haijuan Qin, Wenqi Lu, Junjun Chen, Yan Li and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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11 authors.

Xiaopei LiCAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, P. R. China.
Yongjie ZhangInstrumental Analysis Center, School of Textile and Material Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, P. R. China.
Zhenqiang ShiCAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, P. R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4284-3503
Dongdong WangCAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, P. R. China.
Hang YangCAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, P. R. China.
Yahui ZhangCAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, P. R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1509-0670
Haijuan QinResearch Centre of Modern Analytical Technology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin, P. R. China.
Wenqi LuCAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, P. R. China.
Junjun ChenCAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, P. R. China.
Yan LiCAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, P. R. China.
Guangyan QingCAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, P. R. China. qinggy@dicp.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4888-9318

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 21922411 and 22174138
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Boroxines are significant structures in the production of covalent organic frameworks, anion receptors, self-healing materials, and others. However, their utilization in aqueous media is a formidable task due to hydrolytic instability. Here we report a water-stable boroxine structure discovered from 2-hydroxyphenylboronic acid. We find that, under ambient environments, 2-hydroxyphenylboronic acid undergoes spontaneous dehydration to form a dimer with dynamic covalent bonds and aggregation-induced enhanced emission activity. Intriguingly, upon exposure to water, the dimer rapidly transforms into a boroxine structure with excellent pH stability and water-compatible dynamic covalent bonds. Building upon these discoveries, we report the strong binding capacity of boroxines toward fluoride ions in aqueous media, and develop a boroxine-based hydrogel with high acid-base stability and reversible gel-sol transition. This discovery of the water-stable boroxine structure breaks the constraint of boroxines not being applicable in aqueous environments, opening a new era of researches in boroxine chemistry.

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