Patent ID: 8329130

Claim:
A method for synthesis of crystalline polymeric boron-nitrogen compounds comprising: dehydrogenating a boron-nitrogen-hydrogen compound on a catalyst through self-decomposition of the boron-nitrogen-hydrogen compound, and wherein the boron-nitrogen-hydrogen compound is selected from the group consisting of ammonia borane, metal amidoboranes, amine boranes and mixtures thereof, and the catalyst is selected from the group consisting of transition metals, transition metal salts and alloys, wherein said dehydrogenating is conducted in solid form in the absence of solvent, wherein the transition metal is at least one element selected from the group consisting of iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), Nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), ruthenium (Ru), rhodium (Rh), palladium (Pd), silver (Ag), platinum (Pt) and gold (Au); wherein the transition metal salt comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of organometallics, carbonates (CO 3 − ), nitrates (NO 3 − ), halides (X − ), phosphates (PO 4 3− ) sulfates (SO 4 2− ) and acetates (CH 2 COOH − ); and wherein the polymeric boron-nitrogen compounds synthesized are in crystalline form.