Borane

A borane is an inorganic chemical compound of boron and hydrogen. The lighter boranes are notably unstable - diborane ignites in air to burn with a green flame - but higher ones are much less so. Decaborane is stable and crystalline, reacting with neither air nor water.

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They are named by analogy with the alkanes, which are carbon-hydrogen compounds. The salts of boranes are called borohydrides. The bonding in boranes is not explicable by a standard covalent bonding scheme, and is best described by 3-center-2-electron bonds.

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Boron: : This article is about the chemical element. See Boron, Territoire de Belfort for the commune of the Territoire de Belfort d?partement in France. See Robert de Boron for the medieval poet....

Decaborane: Decaborane (B10H14) is a stable, crystalline borane. It has a melting point of 99.6 oC and a boiling point of 213 oC....