title: closo-Dodecaborate Intercalated Yttrium Hydroxide as a First Example of Boron Cluster Anion-Containing Layered Inorganic Substances.
abstract: The first member, Y2(OH)5.46(B12H12)0.23Cl0.08·4.98H2O, of a new family of boron-containing substances, closo-dodecaborate intercalated layered rare-earth hydroxides, was synthesized using a microwave-assisted hydrothermal method. The structure and composition of this compound were studied by X-ray diffraction, transmission and scanning electron microscopy, thermal analysis, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, IR spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The title compound had the composition Y2(OH)5.46(B12H12)0.23Cl0.08·4.98H2O and crystallized in a form of plate-like, aggregated particles less than 10 nm thick. The coordination of closo-dodecaborate anions with yttrium hydroxide host layers was demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences , Moscow 119991, Russia.
authors.forename: Alexey D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Yapryntsev
authors.affiliation: Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences , Moscow 119991, Russia.
authors.forename: Alexander Yu
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Bykov
authors.affiliation: Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences , Moscow 119991, Russia.
authors.forename: Alexander E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Baranchikov
authors.affiliation: Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences , Moscow 119991, Russia.
authors.forename: Konstantin Yu
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Zhizhin
authors.affiliation: Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences , Moscow 119991, Russia.
authors.forename: Vladimir K
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2343-2140
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Ivanov
authors.affiliation: Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences , Moscow 119991, Russia.
authors.forename: Nikolay T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Kuznetsov