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Boric anhydride

99.999% trace metals basis

Synonym(s):

Boron trioxide

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
B2O3
CAS Number:
1303-86-2
Molecular Weight:
69.62
EC Number:
215-125-8
MDL number:
MFCD00011315
UNSPSC Code:
12352300
eCl@ss:
38120103
PubChem Substance ID:
24852124
NACRES:
NA.23

vapor density

>1 (vs air)

Assay

99.999% trace metals basis

form

crystals or chunks

reaction suitability

reagent type: catalyst
core: boron

mp

450 °C (lit.)

solubility

ethanol: soluble at 20 °C

density

2.46 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

O=BOB=O

InChI

1S/B2O3/c3-1-5-2-4

InChI key

JKWMSGQKBLHBQQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Anhydride can be obtained by heating boric acid at temperatures higher than 160oC.1

Application

Reducing boron anhydride in the presence of sodium yields amorphous boron. Whereas reducing in the presence of aluminum at high temperatures affords crystalline boron. 1

Packaging

Packaged in poly bottles

Pictograms

Health hazard
GHS08

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H360FD

Hazard Classifications

Repr. 1B

Storage Class Code

6.1D - Non-combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic hazardous materials or hazardous materials causing chronic effects

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Yinling Wang et al.
Analytical biochemistry, 385(1), 184-186 (2008-11-27)
Glassy carbon electrode modified with boron oxide nanoparticles supported on multiwall carbon nanotubes was obtained via a facile approach. The as-prepared modified electrode exhibits excellent electrocatalytic activity toward the redox of glucose in pH 7.0 phosphate buffer solution. The electrochemical
Xiaofeng Liu et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), (27)(27), 4073-4075 (2009-07-02)
A facile strategy based on the reaction of urea and boric acid is developed for the synthesis of toxicity-free BCNO nanocrystals containing carbon impurities and which exhibit efficient multi-color fluorescence under both single-photon and two-photon excitation.
Pratik Koirala et al.
The journal of physical chemistry. A, 117(6), 1310-1318 (2012-11-03)
Using density functional theory based calculations, we have systematically studied the equilibrium geometries, relative stabilities, and electronic and magnetic properties of Fe and Mn atoms interacting with a varying number of BO(2) moieties. These clusters are found to exhibit hyperhalogen
Anne Soleilhavoup et al.
Magnetic resonance in chemistry : MRC, 48 Suppl 1, S159-S170 (2010-09-08)
Boron-11 and silicon-29 NMR spectra of xSiO(2)-(1-x)B(2)O(3) glasses (x=0.40, 0.80 and 0.83) have been calculated using a combination of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations with density functional theory (DFT) calculations of NMR parameters. Structure models of 200 atoms have been generated
Elena A Khokhlova et al.
ChemSusChem, 5(4), 783-789 (2012-02-24)
The mechanistic nature of the conversion of carbohydrates to the sustainable platform chemical 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) was revealed at the molecular level. A detailed study of the key sugar units involved in the biomass conversion process has shown that the simple
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