[BH3C(NO2)3]-: The first room-temperature stable (Trinitromethyl)borate

Abstract

The marriage of fire and water: The strongly oxidizing trinitromethyl and strongly reducing BH3 groups were successfully combined for the first time in the novel [BH3C(NO2)3]- ion. The stability at room temperature of the new (trinitromethyl)borate is in sharp contrast to the behavior of [BCl3C(NO2) 3]-, which already decomposes at -20 °C. Copyright © 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.