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Borane-ammonia complex

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technical grade, 90%

Synonym(s):

Amminetrihydroboron, Borazane

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Linear Formula:
H3N · BH3
CAS Number:
13774-81-7
Molecular Weight:
30.87
MDL number:
MFCD00075639
UNSPSC Code:
26111700
PubChem Substance ID:
24857287
NACRES:
NA.22

grade

technical grade

Assay

90%

form

solid

reaction suitability

reagent type: reductant

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SMILES string

B.N

InChI

1S/BH3.H3N/h2*1H3

InChI key

WZMUUWMLOCZETI-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Ammonia borane, also known as borazane has high hydrogen content (about 20% mass). Thermal decomposition of borazane takes place in the temperature range of 350-410K accompanied by hydrogen release and heat evolution. It may find use as a hydrogen source in fuel cells in the future.
Borane-ammonia complex is a novel material, where ammonia is tightly bound to a ligand through all four of its atoms. It is a donor-acceptor complex that is formed by electron donation from a Lewis base (NH3) to a Lewis acid (BH3). It shows a B-N bond distance of 1.564 Å.
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Application

Borazane acts as a mild, efficient, and stereoselective reducing agent for aldehydes and ketones in protic or nonprotic media.It can be used as a storage medium for release of hydrogenBorazane is popularly used as an ammonia borane (AB) source for the formation of hexagonal boron nitride monolayers which are used as a substrate for graphene growth.

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

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Weng, B.; et al.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 36, 10870-10870 (2011)
X. Yang, et al.,
Tetrahedron, 67, 7121-7127 (2011)
William C Ewing et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133(42), 17093-17099 (2011-10-04)
Studies of the activating effect of Verkade's base, 2,8,9-triisobutyl-2,5,8,9-tetraaza-1-phosphabicyclo[3.3.3]undecane (VB), on the rate and extent of H(2) release from ammonia borane (AB) have led to the syntheses and structural characterizations of three anionic aminoborane chain-growth products that provide direct support
Thermal decomposition of B-N-H compounds investigated by using combined thermoanalytical methods.
Baitalow F, et al.
Thermochimica Acta, 391(1), 159-168 (2002)
Gang Hee Han et al.
ACS nano, 7(11), 10129-10138 (2013-11-05)
Graphene-boron nitride monolayer heterostructures contain adjacent electrically active and insulating regions in a continuous, single-atom thick layer. To date structures were grown at low pressure, resulting in irregular shapes and edge direction, so studies of the graphene-boron nitride interface were
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