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0 F. Aricò, G. Quartarone, E. Rancan, L. Ronchin, P. Tundo
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In summary, we have successfully developed a complete regen- 11 S. Akbayrak and S. Özkar, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 1797–
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reductive dechlorination of BCl , and Et PhN as a ‘helper 12 M. Zahmakiran, Mater. Sci. Eng., B, 2012, 177, 606–613.
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ligand’ to generate Et PhN·BH , resulting in a high yield of AB 13 W. Y. Chen, J. Ji, X. Z. Duan, G. Qian, P. Li, X. G. Zhou,
by base-exchange reaction at ambient temperature. Using this
methodology, an overall yield of 89% isolated AB was achieved,
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which is higher than most of the previously reported regener- 14 Y. B. Tan, Y. H. Guo, S. F. Li, W. W. Sun, Y. H. Zhu, Q. Li
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most potentially viable chemical hydrogen storage materials,
E. Rönnebro, T. Autrey, H. Shioyama and Q. Xu, J. Am.
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17 Z. W. Tang, H. Chen, X. W. Chen, L. M. Wu and X. B. Yu,
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 5464–5467.
18 Z. W. Tang, Y. B. Tan, X. W. Chen and X. B. Yu, Chem.
Commun., 2012, 48, 9296–9298.
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