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Title: Probing the second dehydrogenation step in ammonia-borane dehydrocoupling: characterization and reactivity of the key intermediate, B-(cyclotriborazanyl)amine-borane

Journal Article · · Chemical Science
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c4sc02710h· OSTI ID:1624910
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  1. Univ. of Ottawa, ON (Canada). Dept. of Chemistry. Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation (CCRI)
  2. Univ. of Ottawa, ON (Canada). Dept. of Chemistry. Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation (CCRI); Leibniz Inst. for Catalysis (LIKAT), Rostock (Germany)

While thermolysis of ammonia-borane (AB) affords a mixture of aminoborane- and iminoborane oligomers, the most selective metal-based catalysts afford exclusively cyclic iminoborane trimer (borazine) and its B–N cross-linked oligomers (polyborazylene). This catalysed dehydrogenation sequence proceeds through a branched cyclic aminoborane oligomer assigned previously as trimeric B-(cyclodiborazanyl)amine-borane (BCDB). Herein we utilize multinuclear NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography to show instead that this key intermediate is actually tetrameric B-(cyclotriborazanyl)amine-borane (BCTB) and a method is presented for its selective synthesis from AB. The reactivity of BCTB upon thermal treatment as well as catalytic dehydrogenation is studied and discussed with regard to facilitating the second dehydrogenation step in AB dehydrocoupling.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
Grant/Contract Number:
FC36-05GO15051
OSTI ID:
1624910
Journal Information:
Chemical Science, Vol. 6, Issue 1; ISSN 2041-6520
Publisher:
Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 48 works
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