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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2010
David L Thorn, Los Alamos, NM (US);
William Tumas, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Daniel E Schwarz, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Anthony K Burrell, Los Alamos, NM (US);
David L Thorn, Los Alamos, NM (US);
William Tumas, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Daniel E Schwarz, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Anthony K Burrell, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Los Alamos National Security, LLC, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Abstract
The reaction of halo-boron compounds (B—X compounds, compounds having one or more boron-halogen bonds) with silanes provides boranes (B—H compounds, compounds having one or more B—H bonds) and halosilanes. Inorganic hydrides, such as surface-bound silane hydrides (Si—H) react with B—X compounds to form B—H compounds and surface-bound halosilanes. The surface bound halosilanes are converted back to surface-bound silanes electrochemically. Halo-boron compounds react with stannanes (tin compounds having a Sn—H bond) to form boranes and halostannanes (tin compounds having a Sn—X bond). The halostannanes are converted back to stannanes electrochemically or by the thermolysis of Sn-formate compounds. When the halo-boron compound is BCl, the B—H compound is BH, and where the reducing potential is provided electrochemically or by the thermolysis of formate.