Luminescence is observed in three novel macropolyhedral nineteen- and eighteen-vertex chalcogenaboranes: Se2B17H17 (1), SeB17H19 (3) and SeB18H20 (4). This led us to the recognition that previously published macropolyhedral heteroborane species might also exhibit luminescence. Thus, the known nineteen- and eighteen-vertex dithiaboranes S2B17H17 (2), n-S2B16H16 (5) and i-S2B16H16 (6) were synthesised and also found to exhibit a range of luminescent properties. These macropolyhedral species are very different from the previously unique fluorescent binary borane B18H22 in terms of their structural architectures, by the presence of borane cluster hetero atoms, and, as in the cases of 5 and 6, that their synthetic origins are not derived simply through the modification of B18H22 itself. They consequently greatly expand the possibilities of finding new luminescent inorganic borane species.

Chemistry School of Natural and Environmental Sciences Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU UK

Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Husinec Řež 250 68 Czech Republic

Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Cukrovarnická 10 162 00 Prague 6 Czech Republic

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