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In chemistry, tetraborate or pyroborate is an anion (negative ion) with formula B 4 O 2− 7; or a salt containing that anion, such as sodium tetraborate, Na 2 B 4 O 7. It is one of the boron oxoacids, that is, a borate. The name is also applied to the hydrated ion [B 4 O 5 (OH) 4] 2− as present in borax
Borate ions occur, alone or with other anions, in many borate and borosilicate minerals such as borax, boracite, ulexite (boronatrocalcite) and colemanite. Borates also occur in seawater, where they make an important contribution to the absorption of low frequency sound in seawater. [1] Borates also occur in plants, including almost all fruits. [2]
Borax as a source of borate has been used to take advantage of the co-complexing ability of borate with other agents in water to form complex ions with various substances. Borate and a suitable polymer bed are used to chromatograph non-glycated hemoglobin differentially from glycated hemoglobin (chiefly HbA1c), which is an indicator of long ...
Tetraboric acid is formally the parent acid of the tetraborate anion [B 4 O 7] 2 ...
Sodium tetraphenylborate is the organic compound with the formula NaB(C 6 H 5) 4.It is a salt, wherein the anion consists of four phenyl rings bonded to boron. This white crystalline solid is used to prepare other tetraphenylborate salts, which are often highly soluble in organic solvents.
Despite the low reactivity of the tetrafluoroborate anion in general, BF − 4 serves as a fluorine source to deliver an equivalent of fluoride. [2] The Balz–Schiemann reaction for the synthesis of aryl fluorides is the best known example of such a reaction. [3]
Unlike silicates, boron minerals never contain boron with coordination number greater than four. A typical motif is exemplified by the tetraborate anions of the common mineral borax, shown at left. The formal negative charge of the tetrahedral borate center is balanced by metal cations in the minerals, such as the sodium (Na +) in borax. [1]
Structure of the weakly coordinating anion [Al(OC(CF 3) 3) 4] −, [4] illustrating its high symmetry. Color code: green = F, red = O, blue = Al. A revolution in this area occurred in the 1990s with the introduction of the tetrakis[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]borate ion, B[3,5-(CF