The Thermal Decomposition of Boron Trimethyl
AS Buchanan and F Creutzberg
Australian Journal of Chemistry
15(4) 744 - 756
Published: 1962
Abstract
The thermal decomposition of boron trimethyl has been studied in a static system in the range 468-513 °C and was found to be first order with a rate expression k1=1.2 x 1012e-[56 000/RT] sec-1. The activation energies for methane and hydrogen formation were found to be 76 and 75 kcal, respectively. The stoicheiometry for the main reaction was found to be 2B(CH3)3 → 2CH4 + H2 + [B(CH2)2]2. Preliminary experiments on the photolysis of boron trimethyl indicated that methane was the major product.https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9620744
© CSIRO 1962
