GAS PHASE RADIOLYSIS OF PENTABORANE-9

Journal Article · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1964 · Journal of the American Chemical Society (U.S.)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01061a008· OSTI ID:4036063

Subbanna, V V; Hall, L H; Koski, W S

Mass spectral analysis of the products produced by deuteron irradiation of pentaborane-9 showed that hydrogen, diborane, and decaborane-16 are formed in addition to polymeric materials. As a result of experiments involving the use of deuterium as a tracer, the rare gases as sensitizing agents, and iodine as a scavenging agent, a mechanism is proposed in which it is postulated that BH, which is produced by the radiation fragmentation of B/sub 5/H/sub 9/ molecules, abstracts hydrogen in stepwise fashion from pentaborane-9, giving BH/sub 3/ and B/ sub 5/H/sub 8/ radicals, BH/sub 3/ dimerizes to give diborane and two B/sub 5/H/ sub 8/ radicals couple to give decaborane-16. (auth)

• Research Organization: Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• NSA Number: NSA-18-017895
• OSTI ID: 4036063
• Journal Information: Journal of the American Chemical Society (U.S.), Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society (U.S.) Vol. Vol: 86; ISSN JACSA
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

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BOROHYDRIDES
BORON HYDRIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMISTRY
CONFIGURATION
DECOMPOSITION
DEUTERIUM COMPOUNDS
DEUTERON BEAMS
FREE RADICALS
GASES
HYDROGEN
IODINE
IRRADIATION
MASS SPECTROMETERS
MEASURED VALUES
MOLECULES
RADIATION CHEMISTRY
RADIOLYSIS
RARE GASES
SENSITIVITY
SPECTROSCOPY
TRACER TECHNIQUES