Formation of benzodiazaborolanes from borazine

Issue title: In Honor of Alan H. Cowley

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Davis, Benjamin L. | Sutton, Andrew D. | Gordon, John C. | Schwarz, Daniel E. | Scott, Brian L. | Thorn, David L.

Affiliations: MPA-MC, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA | C-IIAC, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA

Note: [] Corresponding author. E-mail: adsutton@lanl.gov

Abstract: Phenylenediamines are shown to form benzodiazaborolanes upon reaction with borazine, essentially extracting the B-H bonds. This surrogate for partially dehydrogenated ammonia borane provides useful insight into potential regeneration strategies for ammonia borane spent fuel.

Keywords: Ammonia borane, borazine, aryldiamine

DOI: 10.3233/MGC-2010-0010

Journal: Main Group Chemistry, vol. 9, no. 1-2, pp. 135-139, 2010