B9H15 AND B8H12; SYNTHESIS, EQUILIBRIA AND DECOMPOSITION KINETICS,
Abstract
The prevalence of hydrogen tautomerism and skeletal rearrangements in the boron hydrides suggests that either the elimination or accretion of neutral BH3 groups should take place with ease; hence, it would be expected that boron hydrides observed under rigorous conditions should, in most cases, not differ by any number of BH3 groups. A pursuant experimental investigation of this hypothesis resulted in the synthesis of B8H12 (from B9H15), a high yield synthesis of B9H15 and evidence that some of the published data purported to reveal the existence of B6H12-14 and B7H15-17 have been misinterpreted. A rationale of the complexities in the pyrolysis of the boron hydrides is presented. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 15, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0612605
Entities
People
- J. F. Ditter
- John Spielman
- Robert E. Williams