title: Synthesis and single crystal structure of sodium octahydrotriborate, NaB3H8.
abstract: This paper describes a modified synthesis of NaB3H8 by the reduction of BH3·THF with sodium dispersed on silica gel. Single crystals obtained from CH2Cl2 show conclusively that the space group is Pmn21, in contrast to the Pmmn space group previously deduced from powder diffraction data.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.
authors.forename: Andrew C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Dunbar
authors.forename: Joseph A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Macor
authors.forename: Gregory S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Girolami