Cocrystallisation of ortho-metaand para-carboranes with hmpa (hexamethylphosphoramide) results in the isolation of 1 : 1 carborane:hmpa adducts which provide the first definitive X-ray structures of the unsubstituted carboranes as part of three very different C-H-0 hydrogen-bonded supramolecular structures.

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A bis(bora)calixarene 3, the first lower-rim boron derivatised calixarene to be structurally characterised, is synthesised by the reaction of PhBCl2 with 4-tert-butylcalix[4]arene, and is demonstrated to be a sensitive and selective fluorescent fluoride sensor.

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