A safe and efficient synthetic method for alkali metal octahydrotriborates, unravelling a general mechanism for constructing the delta B3 unit of polyhedral boranes

• DOI: 10.1039/d1dt01892b
• Publication Date: 2021-09-13T13:26:07Z
• Authors: Xuenian Chen; Xin-Ran Liu; Xinghua Wang; Xi-Meng Chen; Yi Jing; Donghui Wei
• Keywords: Boranes

An efficient synthetic method for KB 3 H 8 has been developed and general mechanisms of formation the B − anion have elucidated.