The dihydrate and diethanolate of diborane have been prepared at -130° and their compositions have been established by stoichiometric measurements.The dihydrate is assigned the structure BH 2 (H 2 0) 2 +BH 4 - on the basis of low-temperature infrared spectra of the deuterated and nondeuterated species.A study of the evolution of hydrogen from the reaction of diborane with a solution of HCl in a water-methanol mixture at -78° has provided further evidence for the asymmetric cleavage of diborane by water and alcohol •
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Finn et al. (1972) studied this question.