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Contrary to the concerted two-step mechanism in the gas phase, the ammonolysis of boron trichloride in excess ammonia in the liquid phase follows an ionic three-step mechanism, according to a Car−Parrinello molecular dynamics investigation. The pair of electrons in the N−H bond becomes a lone electron pair on the N atom, whereas the electrons in the B−Cl bond leave the ionic intermediate together with the Cl atom (see picture).
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