Synthesis, Polymorphism and Thermal Decomposition Process of (n-C4H9)4NRE(BH4)4 for RE = Ho, Tm and Yb

In total, three novel organic derivatives of lanthanide borohydrides, n-But4NRE(BH4)4 (TBAREB), RE = Ho, Tm, Yb, have been prepared utilizing mechanochemical synthesis and purified via solvent extraction. Studies by single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction (SC-XRD and PXRD) revealed that they crystalize in two polymorphic forms, α- and β-TBAREB, adopting monoclinic (P21/c) and orthorhombic (Pnna) unit cells, previously found in TBAYB and TBAScB, respectively. Thermal decomposition of these compounds has been investigated using thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry (TGA/DSC) measurements, along with the analysis of the gaseous products with mass spectrometry (MS) and with analysis of the solid decomposition products with PXRD. TBAHoB and TBAYbB melt around 75 °C, which renders them new ionic liquids with relatively low melting points among borohydrides.


Introduction
Metal borohydrides constitute a continuously growing family of chemical compounds. Although the dominant applicability of this group of compounds remains linked with their reducing properties (exploited mostly for NaBH 4 and for LiBH 4 [1]), the recent expansion of their chemistry is related to other potential applications. In the last two decades, due to extremely high hydrogen content of a BH 4 anion (>27 wt.%), such interest was predominantly stimulated by their prospective use as chemical hydrogen storage materials for supply of the fuel cells installed in vehicles [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. Although most of studies focus on examining of the process of hydrogen release, several reports indicate at least some degree of reversibility of such systems, which is crucial for their application, e.g., [10]. Various borohydrides can also serve as precursors of metal borides [11][12][13][14][15] or boron nitride [16], and some of them have been explored as prospective solid-state electrolytes in Li + batteries [17][18][19][20][21] or luminescent and magnetic materials [22,23], while the borohydride complexes of rare-earth elements were also tested for organic catalysis [24,25].
Several methods have been proposed to modify the physico-chemical properties of borohydride-based materials, among which substitution of the cations and formation of mixed-cation or mixed-anion compounds appeared most common [26][27][28]. Consequently, novel synthetic approaches have been developed to broaden the scope of available borohydride-based systems showing potentially interesting properties [22,[29][30][31][32][33][34]. Among the methods available for preparation of the mixed-cation borohydrides in a solvent-free form either those based on mechanochemically-driven addition or metathesis, or on a solvent-mediated metathesis reaction reveal general applicability to diverse systems. While purification of the products of the mechanochemical synthesis may often be problematic, the approach utilizing weakly coordinating anions [35] and the solvents of low basicity [36] leads to mixed-cation borohydrides of rather high purity [31,32,37], e.g., [Cat]Y(BH 4

) 4 + Cs[An] → CsY(BH 4 ) 4 ↓ + [Cat][An]
(1) The symbols [Cat] and [An] in Equation (1) denote a bulky organic cation, like [(n-C 4 H 9 ) 4 N] + or [(C 6 H 5 ) 4 P] + , and a weakly coordinating anion, like [Al(OC(CF 3 ) 3 ) 4 ] − , respectively. The borohydride product (in this case CsY(BH 4 ) 4 ) is precipitated from the solvent like dichloromethane, leaving most contaminants in the remaining solution. The above synthetic method has been utilized for a number of products, containing various metal cations, including those belonging to the sand dblocks of periodic table, while among the f -elements only the borohydrides containing Eu III have been attempted [37].
In this contribution we discuss synthesis, crystal structures, and thermal decomposition of a series of borohydrides of trivalent rare-earth (RE) elements: (n-C 4 H 9 ) 4 NRE(BH 4 ) 4 , for RE = Ho, Tm and Yb. These compounds can be conveniently prepared and are thermally stable, therefore they may serve as precursors towards new mixed-cation borohydrides of the RE mentioned above, which would be performed according to Equation (1). Notably, only a limited number of inorganic, solvent-free borohydrides of RE = Ho, Tm, and Yb is currently known, including KHo(BH 4 ) 4 [38], RbTm(BH 4 ) 4 [23] and MYb(BH 4 ) 4 , where M = Li [11], Na, K [39]. It is worth to mention that although a few (n-C 4 H 9 )NRE(BH 4 ) 4 compounds have been reported before [40], only two of them, RE = Y [41] and Sc [42], were fully identified on a basis of their crystal structures.

Synthesis
Mechanochemical reactions were carried out utilizing LMW-S vibrational mill (Testchem, 1400 rpm) and milling vessel made of silicon carbide. All millings were conducted in 5 min periods, with overall time of 60 min. Between these periods the vessel was cooled down using liquid nitrogen to maintain room temperature (RT), thereby avoiding thermal decomposition of the products. The vessels were sealed inside the glovebox filled with argon. The samples were synthesized using 1 mmol of RECl 3 , and other reagents, according to the following reaction scheme:

Powder X-ray Diffraction (PXRD)
PXRD measurements were performed using two diffractometers: Bruker D8 Discover and Empyrean series 2, both with parallel beam and the CuK α1 and CuK α2 radiation (intensity ratio of 2:1). Powder samples were sealed under argon atmosphere inside quartz capillaries (diameter of 0.3-0.5 mm).

Rietveld Refinement
Jana2006 program [43] was used for Rietveld refinement. [(n-C 4 H 9 ) 4 N]Y(BH 4 ) 4 [41] and [(n-C 4 H 9 ) 4 N]Sc(BH 4 ) 4 [42] were utilized as preliminary structural models for α-[(n-C 4 H 9 ) 4 N]RE(BH 4 ) 4 and β-[(n-C 4 H 9 ) 4 N]RE(BH 4 ) 4 , respectively. Pseudo-Voight function was used for peak shape description, and Berar-Baldinozzi function or correction by divergence to describe their asymmetry. The background was described by 36 4 ADP for all B atoms were kept the same, as well as ADP for all C and N atoms. The C-H distances were restrained to 1 Å (s.u. = 0.001 Å), C-C and C-N distances to 1.5 Å (s.u. = 0.01 Å). Suitable C-C-C, C-N-C, N-C-C, N-C-H, C-C-H, and H-C-H angles were restrained to 109.47 • (s.u. = 1 • ) to keep TBA + geometry. ADPs of hydrogen atoms were fixed as 1.2 ADP of bonded C-atom. For β-[(n-C 4 H 9 ) 4 N]RE(BH 4 ) 4 (higher symmetry) suitable atoms were kept tetrahedral and ADP of hydrogen contained in organic cation as 1.2 or 1.5 ADP of the neighboring carbon for the middle and terminal carbon atom, respectively (riding model).

Recrystallization of the Samples
Samples were recrystallized using DCM in which TBAREB is very well soluble, while the insoluble LiCl can be removed easily using filtration or decantation. A simple, slow evaporation of the solvent at room temperature led to poor quality, highly mosaic, and twinned crystals. Much better results were obtained when the process of crystallization has been carried out via diffusion of hexane vapor to the DCM solution of TBAREB.

Single-Crystal X-ray Diffraction (SC-XRD)
The crystals were measured on Agilent Supernova X-ray diffractometer with CuK α micro-source. Data collection and reduction were performed with CrysAlisPro software (version 39.46, by Rigaku Oxford Diffraction) [44], while SHELXT [45] and Olex2 [46,47] programs were applied for structure solution and refinement, respectively. , contain the supplementary crystallographic data for this paper. These data can be obtained free of charge via http: //www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/conts/retrieving.html or from the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre. Additionally, preliminary structure for α-[(n-C 4 H 9 ) 4 N]Ho(BH 4 ) 4 from SC-XRD (100 K) is placed in S4 part of ESI, due to poor quality of obtained crystals.
The crystal structures were visualized using VESTA [48].

Thermal Decomposition: TGA/DSC/EGA
Samples were placed in Al 2 O 3 crucibles with a small hole in the lid, allowing the gaseous thermal decomposition products to be analyzed. Powder samples were analyzed using Netzsch STA 409 PG instrument, utilizing combined thermogravimetry (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) simultaneous measurements. Measurements were performed in the range from room temperature (RT) to 650 • C at 5 • C/min heating rate, at a constant 100 mL/min flow of high-purity argon. The evolved gaseous products were transported through quartz capillary preheated to 200 • C to the quadrupole mass spectrometer (Netzsch / Pfeiffer Vacuum, model QMS 403C). After the measurements the samples were cooled down to RT in argon atmosphere. Then solid products of thermal decomposition were collected, put inside the glovebox and analyzed using PXRD. A short contact with air was not fully prevented during collection of solid decomposition products.

Spectral Analysis: FTIR
Spectra were collected in 4000-400 cm −1 range using Vertex 80v FTIR spectrometer from Bruker and anhydrous KBr (from Sigma Aldrich, 200 mg per pellet of 12 mm diameter) as pellets material.

Synthesis Outcome and Product Identification
A series of [(n-C 4 H 9 ) 4 N]RE(BH 4 ) 4 compounds, RE = Ho, Tm, Yb has been prepared according to Equation (2). The products obtained were identified by PXRD, and are summarized in Table 1. The prepared [(n-C 4 H 9 ) 4 N]RE(BH 4 ) 4 (abbreviated TBAREB) crystalize in two different structure types observed previously for similar compounds: αof TBAYB crystal structure (P2 1 /c) [41], and β-, isostructural to TBAScB (Pnna) [42], cf. Figure 1. The polymorphs have been named in analogy to those of the single-cation rare earth borohydrides for which αdenotes a lower symmetry form [11,38,[49][50][51][52][53]. For better structural description, the samples were recrystallized and single crystals were investigated by SC-XRD (see: Materials and Methods); the crystal structures have been discussed in the Section 3.   The identity of polymorph dominating in the raw, post-reaction mixture (α-or β-) strongly correlates with RE 3+ ionic radius. In the case of the largest Ho 3+ , revealing similar radius to Y 3+ , only α-TBAHoB phase (along with LiCl) can be detected, which reminds the behavior of TBAYB [41]. On the other hand, the smallest Yb 3+ forms β-TBAYbB isostructural to β-TBAScB [42]. In this case, the same polymorph is preferred despite the effective size of Yb 3+ is ca. 15% larger than that of Sc 3+ , while there is only <4% difference between Yb 3+ and Ho 3+ [54]. For Tm 3+ of intermediate size, both polymorphs, α-TBATmB and β-TBATmB, are present in a comparable amount, with the molar ratio of 1:0.96, respectively, according to Rietveld refinement ( Figure S2).
Recrystallization of the as prepared TBAHoB and TBATmB via slow evaporation of DCM led to formation of α-TBAHoB and β-TBATmB, respectively, with traces of unidentified crystalline phase according to PXRD (Figures S4 and S5, respectively). However, the unidentified impurities contribute only to minor diffraction intensity, especially for RE = Tm. Unfortunately, it appeared that the crystals obtained this way revealed rather poor quality for RE = Ho and Tm (showing high mosaicity and severe twinning), while the crystals of sufficient quality for SC-diffraction measurements were obtained only for β-TBAYbB. For RE = Tm and Ho much better single crystals were obtained via diffusion of hexane vapor to the DCM solution of TBAREB, surprisingly resulting only in β-TBAREB in both cases. Apparently, the choice of solvent and the conditions of crystallization influence the polymorphs obtained, indicating their proximity in formation enthalpy. α-[(n-C 4 H 9 ) 4 N]RE(BH 4 ) 4 adopt monoclinic unit cell crystalizing in P2 1 /c centrosymmetric space group, presented at Figure 1a. This structure was previously described for α-TBAYB analogue [41]. A comparison of the unit cells for RE = Ho, Y, Tm is presented in Table 2. It is worth noting, that β angle is similar for all those compounds (around 129 • ). β-[(n-C 4 H 9 ) 4 N]RE(BH 4 ) 4 has a higher symmetry and adopt orthorhombic unit cell, space group Pnna, seen at Figure 1b. It strongly resembles the crystal structure of TBAFeCl 4 [55], where the chloride ions are replaced by the borohydride groups. This structure was previously described for β-TBAScB analogue [42].
Both α-TBAREB and β-TBAREB polymorphs of these ionic compounds are composed of [(n-C 4 H 9 ) 4 N] + cations (abbreviated TBA + ) and [RE(BH 4 ) 4 ] − anions, with Z' = 1 and 0.5, respectively, Figure 1. In the first of them each TBA + is surrounded by four [RE(BH 4 ) 4 ] − , forming a distorted tetrahedron, while [RE(BH 4 ) 4 ] − is surrounded in a deformed trigonal pyramid pattern by the four nitrogen centers of TBA + cations ( Figure S6). In the case of β-TBAREB polymorph both TBA + and [RE(BH 4 ) 4 ] − have the same coordination spheres, with five counterions around them constituting deformed trigonal bipyramids. The latter form a three-dimensional network with N and RE atoms placed in a honeycomb-like structure, taking alternating positions in the corners of each hexagon ( Figure S7).
In the case of β-TBAREB, RE = Sc [42], and described here by powder method for RE = Tm, Yb a better Rietveld fit for Yb has been acquired modeling slight disorder of the aliphatic chains in the TBA + cation. However, such disordered model was not necessary for a reliable refinement of SC-XRD data for RE = Ho, Tm, Yb. The aliphatic chains present in both structures of TBAREB are rather close to the idealized geometry. This was not the case for the parent TBAB showing significantly deformed and severely disordered TBA + moieties already at 100 K [41].
In both cases RE 3+ is coordinated by the four borohydride groups with boron centers forming a tetrahedron around RE. Although the positions of hydrogen atoms are significantly biased by their low scattering factor, the FTIR spectra ( Figure S20 in ESI) show the features characteristic for BH 4 − anions acting as tridentate ligands [56], which results in 12-fold coordination. The observed absorption bands are also similar to those reported for the related derivatives of yttrium borohydride [57] [11], Na, K [39], as well as in the related compounds of Sc and Y [34,57,59,60].
Under specified temperature conditions, the molecular volume (V m ) of β-TBAREB is related to RE 3+ ionic radius, Table 2 and Table S1. At 100 K the α-TBAREB polymorph of TBAHoB reveals slightly smaller molecular volume (by ca. 2%, from SC-XRD data), while this trend inverts at RT-the molecular volume of α-TBATmB is ca. 1% larger than that of β-TBATmB, as judged from the PXRD data, Figure 2a. On the other hand, the minimal distances between the ion centers, as probed by the RE . . . N distances, are significantly shorter for α-TBAREB polymorph (>4%), regardless of the temperature, Figure 2b. This difference is even more distinct for TBAHoB, showing slightly different geometry of the TBA + cation resulting in smaller ion separation, Figure S8.

Thermal Decomposition Process and Evolved Gas Analysis
TGA curves for all the samples reveal major drop of mass between ca. 190 and 300 • C, indicating the main stages of thermal decomposition, Figure 3 and Figure S10-S16 in Supplementary Materials. For Ho and Yb samples (Table 1), thermal decomposition is preceded by melting around 75 and 80 • C, respectively, as judging from DSC extrema. In the case of Yb melting is preceded probably by a polymorphic transition revealing minor endothermic effect around 54 • C. This renders TBAHoB and TBAYbB ionic liquids, similar to their analogues described previously: TBAYB melting around 78 • C [41] and TBAScB melting at 88 • C [42]. In the case of Tm sample an exothermic event can be observed close to this temperature which is associated with a minor mass loss (<1 wt.%) due to emission of volatile products (Figures S12 and S15). The signals observed in the time-resolved mass spectra suggest emission of B 2 H 6 during this decomposition stage, which could indicate partial reduction to Tm 2+ . This sample shows no signs of melting, as judged from lack of clear endothermic DSC signal and the physical appearance of the post-decomposition residue, which remains powder-like, contrary to the other two samples (see Section 3.4).  Table 1. *-artifact, coming from the instrument.
Around 175 • C, an intense evolution of H 2 and B 2 H 6 is observed on MS spectrum of Yb sample, along with an exothermic effect seen at DSC curve, and a minor mass loss (ca. 1.2 wt.%). This should be associated with Yb 3+ → Yb 2+ reduction which takes place in the case of other borohydrides containing ytterbium [11,50]. In this respect, TBAYbB is slightly more stable thermally in comparison to its inorganic analogues; a similar effect has been observed for the borohydrides of Eu 3+ and Sm 3+ [11,37,51,61].
According to temperature-resolved MS spectra, in the case of Ho and Yb samples volatile organic decomposition products are evolved within the range of 175-375 • C, along with the fragments of BH 4 groups. The signals from hydrogen are present in the range of 250 to 325 • C and 225 to 650 • C for Ho and Yb sample, respectively. On the other hand, during thermal decomposition of Tm sample the MS signals from the volatile organic decomposition products are detected in the range of 135 to 500 • C, with an additional upcast of signals just before 600 • C. In this case, strong signals from hydrogen are observed starting from 175 • C till the end of the measurement.
Above 600 • C the melting of LiCl is observed at DSC curves of all the samples, with much smaller effect seen for Yb. Such weakening of the thermal effect may be caused by partial consumption of LiCl due to formation of a halide-substituted derivative, as it has been observed during heating for inorganic borohydrides of ytterbium and scandium [50,62] and in as-milled samples of various others lanthanides borohydrides [51,[63][64][65]. The total mass drop at TGA curves for Ho, Tm and Yb samples is 40.2, 36.6, and 39.5%, respectively. As the LiCl does not contribute to the drop of mass, it can be associated only with thermal decomposition of TBAREB, which leads to the corrected mass drops of 51.2, 46.5, and 50.1%, respectively. Thermal decomposition processes discussed here for TBAREB, RE = Ho, Tm, Yb, are similar to those observed for RE = Y [41], Sc [42]. TBAYB and TBAScB decompose endothermally, above 230 and 175 • C, respectively. Evolution of volatile organic decomposition products in the case of yttrium and scandium analogs leads to ca. 60% (corrected for pure compound) and 64% mass drop, respectively. These complex borohydrides are usually more stable thermally in comparison to organic (n-C 4 H 9 ) 4 NBH 4 , which melts around 130 • C and its exothermic decomposition starts above 160 • C with a mass drop around 87.5% [41].

Analysis of Solid Residues from Thermal Decomposition
The process of thermal decomposition of borohydrides may be utilized for synthetic purposes. The recent studies show that lanthanide borohydrides can serve as precursors of crystalline lanthanide borides [11,51], which can be prepared via annealing of the former compounds to 650 • C. What is more, thermal decomposition of (NH 4 ) 3 Mg(BH 4 ) 5 was reported to led to formation of amorphous BN, which can be obtained in the pure form after rinsing the product with water [16]. These findings encouraged us to analyze the chemical composition of the residue left after heating of TBAREB to 650 • C. The crystalline phases detected by PXRD are summarized in Table 1.
In the case of Ho and Yb samples the residue is embedded in the crucible, and also on the top of the lid, which suggests melting and boiling of the samples and blending into the crucible pores during the process in which the residue is formed. Contrary, the postdecomposition residue of the Tm sample remains in the form of a pellet, and it is not spread on the top of the lid and it is not blended into the crucible, resembling the form of residue found after thermal decomposition of simple lanthanide borohydrides [11]. It appeared that the respective oxides and borates are the only RE-containing crystalline phases detected in the decomposed samples instead of the lanthanide borides (which should also be stable during short contact with air). Similar crystalline oxide-containing phases were detected for several samples of decomposed inorganic borohydrides of RE(BH 4 ) 3 , which indicated formation of the active REH x , instantly reacting with atmospheric O 2 /H 2 O [11]. Note that the contact with air was possible during the transportation of the crucibles (containing residue) to the glovebox. In all the samples the respective REBO 3 have been observed in crystalline form, along with remaining LiCl. Additionally, in the case of RE = Yb, Yb 2 O 3 was observed, and in the case of RE = Ho additional signals were seen at the PXRD pattern, which can be assigned to Li 3 B 14 and to a phase isostructural to Li 2 Yb 5 O 4 (BO 3 ) 3 [66], probably of a formula of Li 2 Ho 5 O 4 (BO 3 ) 3 (Figures S17-S19, structures from [66][67][68][69][70]). Unfortunately, the quality of PXRD pattern obtained does not allow for a reliable refinement of the latter structure. In the case of RE = Tm only TmBO 3 and LiCl are present as crystalline phases according to the PXRD results.

Conclusions
Successful synthesis of three novel compounds, namely n-But 4 NRE(BH 4 ) 4 , RE = Ho, Tm, Yb, is reported, alongside with their crystal structures, polymorphism, and thermal properties. TBAREB are synthesized using mechanochemical milling and are purified (from LiCl byproduct) via extraction with DCM. SC-XRD and PXRD studies show that they crystalize in a monoclinic (P2 1 /c, α-TBAREB) or an orthorhombic (Pnna, β-TBAREB) crystal system. The former was found in the as-milled TBAREB samples, RE = Ho, Tm, and in the TBAHoB samples recrystallized in DCM, while the latter in the as-milled and crystallized in DCM TBAREB samples for RE = Yb, Tm and in the TBAREB samples, RE = Ho, Tm, when a mixture of DCM and hexane has been utilized for crystallization.
Unit cells of both polymorphs have similar volumes, β-TBAREB form being less than 1% smaller at RT according to PXRD data, while the trend is being inverted at 100 K, where α-TBAREB unit cell has smaller molecular volume by around 2%, as judged from SC-XRD data. Size of the unit cell in the case of all RE increases with rising RE 3+ ionic radius for β-TBAREB polymorphs under specified temperature conditions, and also grows with rising temperature for both polymorphs. We found out that the minimal distances between the ion centers, probed by the RE . . . N distances, are significantly shorter for α-TBAREB polymorph (>4%), while the difference is even more distinct for TBAHoB.
TBAHoB and TBAYbB melt around 75 • C, which renders them new ionic liquids. Such molten salts can be used in synthesis of other compounds in a reductive environment, extending the current utility of the ionic liquids with incorporated rare earth elements [71]. n-But 4 NRE(BH 4 ) 4 , RE = Ho, Tm, Yb, decompose with evolution of organic compounds, diborane, and hydrogen. Additionally, a reduction in Yb 3+ → Yb 2+ is observed with simultaneous intense evolution of diborane and hydrogen. Solid decomposition products after heating at 650 • C and short contact with air at RT consist of the corresponding RE boranes, oxides and lithium borides.
As the compounds obtained are soluble in the weakly basic solvents, they can be used as precursors of various inorganic mixed-cation lanthanide borohydrides, which synthesis in a pure form would be possible employing metathetic synthesis protocol of mixed-metal borohydrides [14,31,32,37].
Supplementary Materials: The following are available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1996-194 4/14/6/1329/s1, Figure S1. Rietveld refinement for as-milled sample Ho, Figure S2. Rietveld refinement for as-milled sample Tm, Figure S3. Rietveld refinement for as-milled sample Yb, Figure S4. PXRD patterns with subtracted backgrounds for as-milled Ho sample (containing LiCl), purified Ho (with unknown impurities) and simulated pattern of α TBAHoB, Figure S5. PXRD patterns with subtracted backgrounds for as-milled Tm sample (containing LiCl), purified Tm (with unknown impurities) and simulated patterns of α-TBATmB and β-TBATmB, Table S1, supplementary  to Table 2. Unit cell dimensions for TBAREB, RE = Y, Ho, Tm, Yb, Sc. 100/200/300 K obtained from SC-XRD, RT from PXRD, Figure S6. Nitrogen centers of TBA + cations and RE 3+ in α-TBAREB, Figure S7. Honeycomb-like structure of nitrogen centers of TBA + cations and RE 3+ in β-TBAREB, Figure S8. RE . . . N distances for α-TBAHoB and α-TBATmB, Figure S9. Evolution of a, b, and c lattice parameters of β-TBAHoB and β-TBATmB in the function of temperature. SC-XRD data, Figure S10. TGA/DSC curves of the samples (a) Ho, (b) Yb and (c) Tm, up to 650 • C, Figure S11. MS spectrum for Ho sample, Figure S12. MS spectrum for Tm sample, Figure S13. MS spectrum for Yb sample, Figure S14. TGA/DSC curves for Ho sample, Figure S15. TGA/DSC curves for Tm sample, Figure S16. TGA/DSC curves for Yb sample, Figure S17. PXRD pattern (with subtracted background) of Ho sample heated to 650 • C, and simulated patterns of identified crystalline pyrolysis products, Figure S18. PXRD pattern (with subtracted background) of Tm sample heated to 650 • C, and simulated patterns of identified crystalline pyrolysis products, Figure S19. PXRD pattern (with subtracted background) of Yb sample heated to 650 • C, and simulated patterns of identified crystalline pyrolysis products, Figure S20. FTIR spectra of Ho, Yb, and Tm samples, and preliminary CIF of α-TBAHoB from SC-XRD data (100 K) in part S4.