Chapter 1: Chemistry of the diboron compounds (H. Abu Ali et al.).Chapter 2: Recent developments in bisdiborane chemistry: B-C-B, B-C-C-B, B-C=C-B, and B-C C-B compounds and their biological applications (H. Abu Ali et al.).Chapter 3: Applied Suzuki cross-coupling reaction for syntheses of biologically active compounds(V.M. Dembitsky et al.).Chapter 4: Synthesis of selected biologically active compounds via allylboration (V.M. Dembitsky et al.).Chapter 5: Boron neutron capture therapy (A.K. Azab et al.).Chapter 6: Boron enolates in the syntheses of natural products (V.M. Dembitsky et al.).Chapter 7: Boronated saccharides: potential applications (R. Smoum, M. Srebnik). Chapter 8: &agr;-Aminoboronic acids, amine cyanoboranes, amine carboxyboranes and their derivatives (K. Takrouri et al.).Chapter 9: Environmental aspects of boron(A. Shibli, M. Srebnik).