文摘
Well dispersed ruthenium(0) nanoparticles, stabilized in the ionic liquid agent, trihexyltetradecylphosphonium dodecylbenzenesulfonate, have been successfully prepared via a reduction reaction ofthe precursor [CpRuCp*RuCp*]PF6 (Cp* = C5Me5). The ruthenium(0) nanoparticles were shown to catalyzethe isotope exchange reaction between 10B enriched diborane and natural abundant B10H14 to producehighly 10B enriched (~90%) decaborane(14) products. The ruthenium(0) nanoparticles were characterizedby TEM, XRD, and XPS. The 10B enriched decaborane(14) has been analyzed by Raman spectroscopy,NMR, and high-resolution MS.