New Synthesis Method of N-Monosubstituted Ammonium-closo-Decaborates

Abstract

In work, the process of interaction of nitrilium derivatives of the closo-decaborate anion with lithium aluminum hydride was studied. Reduction process proceeds under mild conditions and leads to the formation of N-alkylammonium-closo-decaborate with high yields and selectivity. For the structure of (NnBu4)[2-B10H9NH2CH2CH3] was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.