Issue 23, 2013
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Dalton Transactions

Single-pot synthesis of zinc nanoparticles, borane (BH3) and closo-dodecaborate (B12H12)2− using LiBH4 under mild conditions†

Sekher Reddy Ghanta,a   Muddamarri Hanumantha Raoa  and  Krishnamurthi Muralidharan*ab  

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a Advanced Centre of Research in High Energy Materials (ACRHEM), University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, AP, India

b School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, AP, India
E-mail: kmsc@uohyd.ernet.in
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Abstract

Reduction of ZnCl2 using LiBH4 in mesitylene yielded zinc nanoparticles (Zn-NPs), borane (BH3) and closo-dodecaborate (B12H12)2−. The BH3 evolved gas was trapped as Ph3P:BH3 adduct while closo-(B12H12)2− was extracted by methanol and characterized from spectral data.

Graphical abstract: Single-pot synthesis of zinc nanoparticles, borane (BH3) and closo-dodecaborate (B12H12)2− using LiBH4 under mild conditions

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3DT00092C
Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 Jan 2013
Accepted
25 Mar 2013
First published
25 Mar 2013

Dalton Trans., 2013,42, 8420-8425

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Single-pot synthesis of zinc nanoparticles, borane (BH3) and closo-dodecaborate (B12H12)2− using LiBH4 under mild conditions

S. R. Ghanta, M. H. Rao and K. Muralidharan, Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 8420 DOI: 10.1039/C3DT00092C

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