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Contents Vol 67(3)

B-Methyl Amine Borane Derivatives: Synthesis, Characterization, and Hydrogen Release

Patrick G. Campbell A , Jacob S. A. Ishibashi A , Lev N. Zakharov A and Shih-Yuan Liu A B
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A Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1253, USA.

B Corresponding author. Email: lsy@uoregon.edu

Australian Journal of Chemistry 67(3) 521-524 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH13198
Submitted: 23 April 2013  Accepted: 26 May 2013   Published: 24 June 2013

Abstract

We describe the synthesis of MeH2N–BH2Me (3) and H3N–BH2Me (4) as potential hydrogen storage materials with 6.8 wt-% and 8.9 wt-% capacity, respectively. Compounds 3 and 4 readily release 2 equivalents of H2 at 80°C in the presence of a CoCl2 catalyst to furnish the corresponding trimerized borazine derivatives. Regeneration of 3 from its spent fuel material can be accomplished using a simple two-step process: activation with formic acid followed by reduction with LiAlH4.


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