Hydrazine–boranes
(H2NNH2·BH3 and H3B·NH2NH2·BH3) have been
proposed for the storage of hydrogen, but these compounds have not
created scope for extensive research works as ammonia– and
methylamine–boranes have made these last decades. In the exciting
research devoted to energy storage with environmentally friendly processes,
hydrazine–borane, hydrazine–bisborane, and their simply
substituted derivatives could provide a satisfactory response for
hydrogen production and recyclability of the formed products. To date,
knowledge of the physical and chemical properties of these compounds
is still scarce. In this paper, the electronic structure of various
hydrazine–boranes complexes is studied by ultraviolet-photoelectron
spectroscopy (UV-PES), which is the experimental technique giving
direct access to the energy of occupied molecular orbitals. Thus,
UV-PE spectra were registered and first ionization energies were determined.
Understanding of different types of interactions between nitrogen
lone pairs and their variations by complexation has been our essential
goal in these studies. In particular, clear stabilization of all molecular
orbital energies is noted when complexation with borane takes place.
Evolution of the σBN bond during the hydrogen release
process upon thermal activation has also been studied experimentally
by UV-PES and supported by quantum chemical calculations.
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