Metal Tetrahydroborates and Tetrahydroboratometalates, 18 [1] Studies on the Formation of Cadmium(II)-tetrahydroborates with Tetrahydroborate and Iodide

Abstract

The structure of cadmium tetrahydroborate in THF solution is fluxional on the NMR time scale and best described as Cd[(μ-H)2BH2]2 • nTHF as indicated by IR data. Reactions of LiBH4with Cd(BH4)2in THF yield the monoanion [Cd(BH4)3]~ exclusively, while a dilithium salt Li2[Cd(BH4)4] • 4 diglyme precipitates from diglyme solutions. Equilibria involving ICd(BH4), Cdl2, Cdl3_, [Cd(BH4)3]- and/or [ICd(BH4)2]~ result from Cd(BH4)2and LiI in THF or diglyme. The solvent as well as the cation of the iodide (Cd2+ or Li+) influence the equilibria. This can be explained in terms of the different polarity and chelating ability of the solvents. © 1994, Verlag der Zeitschrift für Naturforschung. All rights reserved.