Addition of ammonia to AlH3 and BH3. Why does only aluminum form 2:1 adducts?

Inorganic Chemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 363-369

  Czerw, Margaret ^a   Goldman, Alan S ^a   Krogh Jespersen, Karsten ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; AMMONIA; BORON DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; COVALENT BOND; DISSOCIATION; GEOMETRY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034707510     PISSN: 00201669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ic990961i     Document Type: Article

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