MIT scientists create rare boron-oxygen ring once thought too unstable to exist

MIT scientists synthesized and confirmed dioxaborirane, a rare three-member boron-oxygen ring once thought too unstable to isolate.

The team made the molecule with a room-temperature reaction, then verified its structure using crystallography and computer modeling.

The result shows that highly reactive oxygen-rich boron compounds can be accessed under mild conditions.

The finding could open new paths for safer oxidation chemistry, materials research, and carbon-dioxide conversion.