Tetranitratoborate

"Boron nitrate" redirects here. For the coating material used in casting, see Boron nitride.

Tetranitratoborate is an anion composed of boron with four nitrate groups. It has formula [B(NO3)4]−. It can form salts with large cations such as tetramethylammonium nitratoborate,[1] or tetraethylammonium tetranitratoborate.[2] The ion was first discovered by C. R. Guibert and M. D. Marshall in 1966 after failed attempts to make neutral (non-ionic) boron nitrate, B(NO3)3,[1] which has resisted attempts to make it; if it exists, it is unstable above −78 °C.[2]

Other related ions are the slightly more stable tetraperchloratoborates, with perchlorate groups instead of nitrate, and tetranitratoaluminate[3] with the next atom down the periodic table, aluminium instead of boron ([Al(NO3)4]−).

  1. ^ a b Guibert, C. R.; M. D. Marshall (1966). "Synthesis of the Tetranitratoborate Anion". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 88 (1): 189–190. doi:10.1021/ja00953a051. ISSN 0002-7863.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Titova1970 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Jones, CJ Bigler (2007). Transition and Main Group Metals Applied to Oxidative Functionalization of Methane and Use as High Oxygen Carriers for Rocket Propellants. p. 139. ISBN 9780549231066. Retrieved 3 February 2014.