TY - JOUR
T1 - Borane cluster photochemistry 2. Photochemical alcoholysis of the octahydrotriborate(1-) anion
AU - Davis, Craig M.
AU - Spencer, James T.
N1 - Funding Information:
C-5291), and the Industrial Affiliates Program of the Center for Molecular Electronics for support of this work.
PY - 1993/10
Y1 - 1993/10
N2 - The rapid photoinduced alcoholysis of the octahydrotriborate(1-) anion was observed from the UV irradiation of solutions of (Bu4N)B3H8 and either ethanol or methanol in THF or chloroform. The octahydrotriborate(1-) anion, which is stable to alcoholysis in the ground state, reacts cleanly and rapidly with the alcohols to give HB(OC2H5)2 and B(OC2H5)3 products. Photolysis of (Bu4N)B3H8 and C2H5OD gave both DB(OC2H5)2 and HB(OC2H5)2, as well as B(OC2H5)3. A mechanism is proposed to accommodate these observations.
AB - The rapid photoinduced alcoholysis of the octahydrotriborate(1-) anion was observed from the UV irradiation of solutions of (Bu4N)B3H8 and either ethanol or methanol in THF or chloroform. The octahydrotriborate(1-) anion, which is stable to alcoholysis in the ground state, reacts cleanly and rapidly with the alcohols to give HB(OC2H5)2 and B(OC2H5)3 products. Photolysis of (Bu4N)B3H8 and C2H5OD gave both DB(OC2H5)2 and HB(OC2H5)2, as well as B(OC2H5)3. A mechanism is proposed to accommodate these observations.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0020-1693(00)92339-9
DO - 10.1016/S0020-1693(00)92339-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:4243466396
VL - 212
SP - 317
EP - 321
JO - Inorganica Chimica Acta
JF - Inorganica Chimica Acta
SN - 0020-1693
IS - 1-2
ER -