Allied Chemical Corporation

Charles J Lind

Martin A Robinson

Francis E Evans

Richard E Eibeck

High purity tetrahydrocarbylammonium tetrahydridoborates are prepared under anhydrous conditions by reacting tetrahydrocarbylammonium salts with at least 8% molar excess of an alkali metal hydroxide in the presence of ethanol to produce the corresponding tetrahydrocarbylammonium hydroxides and alkali metal salts, removing the alkali metal salts and adding an alkali metal borohydride to the solution to produce the corresponding tetrahydrocarbylammonium tetrahydridoborates and alkali metal hydroxides.

Preparation of high purity tetrahydrocarbylammonium tetrahydridoborates

Dry calcium fluoborate suitable for use in the manufacture of boron trifluoride is produced by reacting, in an aqueous medium, calcium fluoride, hydrofluoric acid and boric acid followed by removing water from the calcium fluoborate reaction product by purging the reaction product with a dry inert gas such as nitrogen, at a temperature between about 140.degree. to 160.degree. C.

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Charles J Lind