reductive methodologies starting with a trivalent europium starting material in a molten boric
acid flux. The two in situ reductive techniques employed were the use of HI as a source of
H2 gas and the use of a Zn amalgam as a reductive, reactive surface. While both of these
are known reductive techniques, the title compound was synthesized in both air and water
which demonstrates that strict anaerobic conditions need not be employed in conjunction …