A safe and efficient synthetic method for alkali metal octahydrotriborates, unravelling a general mechanism for constructing the delta B3 unit of polyhedral boranes
Xuenian Chen, Xuenian Chen, Xin-Ran Liu, Xinghua Wang, Xi-Meng Chen, Xi-Meng Chen, Yi Jing, Donghui Wei
Abstract
An efficient synthetic method for KB 3 H 8 has been developed and general mechanisms of formation of the B 3 H 8 − anion have been elucidated.
Topics & Concepts
BoranesAlkali metalChemistryCombinatorial chemistryMechanism (biology)Unit (ring theory)MetalStereochemistryComputational chemistryOrganic chemistryBoronPhysicsMathematicsQuantum mechanicsMathematics educationOrganoboron and organosilicon chemistryBoron Compounds in ChemistryHydrogen Storage and Materials