“…Taking advantage of the vacant p -orbitals of the boron atoms, the chelating complexation between π-conjugated ligands and -BR 2 units will generate tetracoordinated organoboron complexes containing X→B dative bonds that are able to lock the π-conjugated ligands. These modifications will enhance the molecular rigidity, extend the π-conjugation system, and thus afford molecules with superior photoluminescence properties ( Chen et al, 2017 ; Dou et al, 2017 ; Mellerup and Wang, 2019 ; Yan et al, 2019 ; Huang et al, 2020 ). Therefore, over the past decades, the synthesis, improvement, and application of these tetracoordinated organoboron complexes have attracted a continuing interest from organic and materials communities.…”