TY - JOUR
T1 - A facile solvent-free method for NaBH4 and Na2B12H12 synthesis
AU - He, Liqing
AU - Fu, Yanda
AU - Wu, Dong
AU - Zhang, Dehui
AU - Cheng, Hua
AU - Lin, Huaijun
AU - Li, Xiangnan
AU - Xiong, Wei
AU - Zhu, Qing
AU - Deng, Yonghong
AU - Shao, Huaiyu
AU - Li, Hai Wen
AU - Zhao, Xingzhong
AU - Lu, Zhouguang
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21671096 , No. 21603094 ), Shenzhen Key Laboratory Project (ZDSYS201603311013489), the Natural Science Foundation of Shenzhen (No. JCYJ20170412153139454 , JCYJ20150331101823677 ), Science and Technology Innovation Foundation for the Undergraduates of SUSTech (No. 2015X18 ), JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP 15KK0212 and Macau FDCT (No. 118/2016/A3 ).
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PY - 2018/4/1
Y1 - 2018/4/1
N2 - Sodium tetrahydroborate (NaBH4) and dodecahydro-closo-dodecaborate (Na2B12H12) are both important inorganic compounds presenting multiple applications. Nevertheless, multistep and complicated conditions are usually demanded for their synthesis. In order to simplify the synthesis processes, we design a novel and facile solvent-free method for synthesizing NaBH4 or Na2B12H12 from NaNH2 and B10H14. The product of either NaBH4 or Na2B12H12 is manipulable by simply adjusting the ratio of NaNH2 to B10H14. The reaction equations of synthesizing NaBH4 and Na2B12H12 are proposed and verified, and the reaction pathways are elucidated. The findings here supply new insight to synthesize metal dodecaborates using the strategy of equal electron body for the first time and may shed light on synthesis of small metal B-H compounds from large B-H clusters.
AB - Sodium tetrahydroborate (NaBH4) and dodecahydro-closo-dodecaborate (Na2B12H12) are both important inorganic compounds presenting multiple applications. Nevertheless, multistep and complicated conditions are usually demanded for their synthesis. In order to simplify the synthesis processes, we design a novel and facile solvent-free method for synthesizing NaBH4 or Na2B12H12 from NaNH2 and B10H14. The product of either NaBH4 or Na2B12H12 is manipulable by simply adjusting the ratio of NaNH2 to B10H14. The reaction equations of synthesizing NaBH4 and Na2B12H12 are proposed and verified, and the reaction pathways are elucidated. The findings here supply new insight to synthesize metal dodecaborates using the strategy of equal electron body for the first time and may shed light on synthesis of small metal B-H compounds from large B-H clusters.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ica.2018.01.010
DO - 10.1016/j.ica.2018.01.010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85041682290
SN - 0020-1693
VL - 474
SP - 16
EP - 21
JO - Inorganica Chimica Acta
JF - Inorganica Chimica Acta
ER -