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by analog31 14 days ago
I'm waiting for it to show up in Derek Lowe's delightful blog, "Things I will not work with."
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Hehe... Any new chemical compound will not be considered hazardous / toxic etc, until a significant amount has been released into the environment. So

1. Figure out how to mass-produce the stuff 2. Come up with some totally unnecessary household & industrial applications, that involve the chemical's release into the environment 3. Find out it's hazardous. Or toxic. Or both. And -bonus points!- doesn't break down.

In that order.

I don't see why it would. Did C60? Are fullerenes known for unusual reactivity? I'd expect the opposite, if anything.
No, but boron compounds are notoriously reactive and unstable. My dad, brother, and spouse, all worked on boron chemistry during their careers. So I learned a little bit about it, though I'm not a chemist myself. You treat every new boron compound as if it's about to detonate.