Synthesis and single crystal structure of sodium octahydrotriborate, NaB3H8

Inorg Chem. 2014 Jan 21;53(2):822-6. doi: 10.1021/ic402127x. Epub 2013 Dec 31.

Abstract

This paper describes a modified synthesis of NaB3H8 by the reduction of BH3·THF with sodium dispersed on silica gel. Single crystals obtained from CH2Cl2 show conclusively that the space group is Pmn21, in contrast to the Pmmn space group previously deduced from powder diffraction data.