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.

Related Topics:
Chemical - Boron - Hydrogen - Diborane - Decaborane

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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.

Related Topics:
Alkane - Carbon - Salt - Covalent bonding - 3-center-2-electron bond

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