Studies on the Conversion of Pentaborane(9) to Decaborane(14). Part III.

Abstract

This report supercedes and makes obsolete two earlier technical reports (Parts I and II) submitted to ARO entitled: 'Studies on the Conversion of Pentaborane (9) to Decaborane (14)'. We now have a simple method for producing in the laboratory good quality B10H14 from B5H9 in yields of 42-45%. Additionally we have been able to replace the costly reagents KH, BBr3 and N(n-C4H9)4 Br with the much cheaper reagents NaH, BC13, N(CH3)4 C1. We believe that this procedure is ready for scale-up tests in 1/2 to 1 pound quantities in a pilot plant reactor. Given below is a detailed description of our laboratory procedure for preparing B10H14 in 1 gram quantities. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA092995

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People

  • Mark A. Toft
  • Sheldon G. Shore

Organizations

  • Ohio State University

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  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemical Reactors
  • Chemistry
  • Conversion
  • Gas Evolution
  • Laboratory Procedures
  • Mixtures
  • Pilot Plants
  • Standards
  • Transition Temperature
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  • Chemistry

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