
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Buchanan, AS 
A1  - Creutzberg, F 
T1  - The Thermal Decomposition of Boron Trimethyl
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1962
VL  - 15
IS  - 4
SP  - 744
EP  - 756
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9620744 
N2  - The thermal decomposition of boron trimethyl has been studied in a static system in the range 468-513 °C and was found to be first order with a rate expression              k1=1.2 x 1012e-[56 000/RT] sec-1.   The activation energies for methane and hydrogen formation were found to be 76 and 75 kcal, respectively.   The stoicheiometry for the main reaction was found to be                  2B(CH3)3 &#8594; 2CH4 + H2 + [B(CH2)2]2.   Preliminary experiments on the photolysis of boron trimethyl indicated that methane was the major product. 
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