B‐Mercaptocarboranes: A New Synthetic Route

Invited for the cover of this issue is the group of M. Frederick Hawthorne at the University of Missouri. The cover image shows a novel route for synthesis of 3-SH-1,2-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane through Pd-catalyzed iodine exchange with the sulfur nucleophile TIPS?SH in ortho-carborane. The thiolated borane clusters can be applied in thiol-based self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on surfaces such as gold.