closo-Halogenohydrohexaborate, IV Protonierung, Deuterierung und Schwingungsspektren von claso-Hexaboraten / closo-Halogenohydrohexaborate, IV Protonation, Deuteration and Vibrational Spectra of closo-Hexaborates
The weak Brönsted acids B6H7- and XB6H6-, X = Cl, Br, I; pka : 7-4,75, are formed by protonation of B6H62- and XB6H52- respectively. The deuteration rates, evaluated from integrated IR band intensities of the BH and BD stretching vibrations, are linearly dependent on the mole fractions of the protonated species, and decrease with increasing degree of halogenation in the series Cl>Br>I. H atoms trans-positioned to halogens are exchanged 100 times more rapidly than the remaining ones. The activation energy for the H/D exchange amounts to 76 ± 1,5 kJ/mol for B6H7-. The lower symmetry of the protonated borates is evident from additional IR and Raman bands. They are distinguished from the corresponding Brönsted bases by a high frequency shift of the BH stretching vibrations in the order of 100 cm-1. Due to the pH dependent equilibrium B6H62-/B6H7- and different solubilities of the tetrabutylammonium salts, the separation of B6H62-/B12H122- mixtures is achievable. In alkaline solutions the very soluble B6H62- is present, whereas (TBA)2B12H12 precipitates quantitatively. By subsequent cautious acidification of the supernatant, insoluble (TBA)B6H7 is obtained.