Preparation of ammonia borane in high yield and purity, methanolysis, and regeneration

Inorganic Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 7810-7817

  Ramachandran, P Veeraraghavan ^a   Gagare, Pravin D ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34948836206     PISSN: 00201669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ic700772a     Document Type: Article

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