B.S., University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras 1983 Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania 1988 Postdoctoral, Ohio State 1988-91

Inorganic Chemistry

Our research interest lies in the area of boron hydrides chemistry. Our current effort is in the area of synthesis and characterization of nonocarbon and dicarbacarboranes which contain amino acid residues covalently bonded to the carborane cage. Our primary focus is in the synthesis of these type of molecules for their use in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT). We are trying to understand the chemistry of these molecules in order to design rational and efficient synthetic pathways for their production. We rely heavily on multinuclear magnetic resonance (1H, 11B, and 13C) for the characterization of these compounds.

The first half-sandwich d(0)-metallacarboranes stabilized by metal-nitrogen sigma bond using C-(cage)-appended anionic alkylamido moiety: a synthetic investigationZhu YH, Vykaranam K, Maguire JA, Quintana W, Teixidor F, Vinas C, Hosmane NS,Inorganic Chemistry Communications, v. 4(#9) pp. 486-489 Sep 2001.

Coupling of Amino Carboranes to Carboxylic Acid Containing Substrates Ye Wu and William Quintana,to be published in Inorg. Chem. (1999).

Synthesis and Characterization of a Protected Amino Alcohol Containing Ortho-Carborane Y. Wu, P. J. Carroll, W. Quintana,Polyhedron, Vol. 17, No. 19, pp. 3391-3407, (1998).

Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of Isocyanato Dicarboranes Obtained from Ortho-Carborane,Y. Wu, P. J. Carroll, S. O. Kang, W. Quintana,Inorg. Chem. 36, 4753 (1997)

Reaction of 5-(CH3)2S-6[(CH3)3Si)2C=CH]-B10H11 with cyclopentadienylnickel carbonyl dimer,W. Quintana,Inorg. Chem. 36, 940 (1997).

Synthesis and Characterization of a New Alkenyldecaborane and Alkenyl Monocarbon Carboranes,G. Burgos-Adorno, P.J. Carroll, W. Quintana,Inorg. Chem. 35, 2568 (1996).

Synthesis And Characterization of A New Isocyanato Carborane Anion [7-O=C=N-7-CB10H12]-; Study On Its Reactivity Toward Amino Containing Compounds,J.B. Arterburn, Y. Wu, W. Quintana,Polyhedron 15, 4355 (1996).