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In the processes of boron isotopic exchange in liquid-liquid systems using boric acid as the main working substance, the lighter boron isotope is concentrating in the organic phase, which takes place both in the case of phase exchange tributyl phosphate, TBP) and at the chemical trioctylamine, TOA) isotope exchange [1]. That is, boron-10, as a rule, predominantly passes into the organic phase. In contrast to the previously observed effects, our studies for several extraction systems using secondary amines diethyl, dipropyl, and dibutylamine as the organic phase) demonstrated the inversion of the boron isotope effect when a more light isotope 10B is concentrated in the aqueous phase. At the same time, the level of the values of the single stage separation factor of boron isotopes turned out to be quite high and amounted to 1.020 - 1.028. The paper discusses the possible causes of the discovered phenomenon, and also considers the potential for practical application of such an effect. [1] Khoroshilov A.V., Ivanov P.I. Separation of boron isotopes by chemical exchange in liquid-liquid systems // Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2018. Vol.1099. DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1099/1/012006.