Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, m496  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536809012100 ]

catena-Poly[sodium(I)--tetrabutoxyborato]

G. J. Gainsford and T. Kemmitt

Abstract: The title compound, [Na(C₁₆H₃₆BO₄)]_n, has a fourfold axis passing through the Na and B atoms which both are bound by four O atoms. The tetrabutoxyborate anion provides the bridging to form one-dimensional polymers running along [001], just like those found for the tetraethoxyborate structure. The two butoxy `tail' atoms are disordered over two conformations in a 0.887 (9):0.113 (9) ratio.

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