The thermal decomposition of borine carbonyl has been carried out in the presence of triethylamine, a very suitable scavenger of borine (BH3). The bimolecular reaction does not compete with the unimolecular rupture of the B-C bond. At 0°, the pressure-dependence of the unimolecular rupture has been studied, kunimol being equal to 1/2;k∞ at 90 torr when propane is used as third body. From the value of k∞, and assuming a value of 1013·4 sec.-1 for the pre-exponential factor A, the activation energy is Ea = 21·4 ± 1·2 kcal./mole. The dissociation energy of the B-B bond in diborane is then calculated to be D(B-B) = 33·5 ± 2·4 kcal./mole, if the recombination reaction of borine and carbon monoxide has Ea = 0.
Documento: | Artículo |
Título: | Reactions of co-ordinated boron compounds in the gas phase. Part II. Triethylamine as scavanger of borine |
Autor: | Grotewold, J.; Lissi, E.A.; Villa, A.E. |
Filiación: | Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Perú 22, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Año: | 1966 |
Página de inicio: | 1038 |
Página de fin: | 1041 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/J19660001038 |
Título revista: | Journal of the Chemical Society A: Inorganic, Physical, Theoretical |
ISSN: | 00224944 |
Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00224944_v_n_p1038_Grotewold |