Patent ID: 8637703

Claim:
A method of synthesizing ammonia borane, comprising reacting at least one amine borane with ammonia gas such that ammonia borane is produced, wherein the amine borane is selected from the group consisting of: wherein: R 1 and R 2 comprise H or a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, aromatic or nonaromatic C 1 -C 10 alkyl; R 3 -R 7 comprise H, Cl, F, NO 2 , OR 8 , or a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, aromatic or nonaromatic C 1 -C 10 alkyl, except that when the amine borane is R 3 -R 7 cannot each be H; and R 8 comprises H or a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, aromatic or nonaromatic C 1 -C 10 alkyl.