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Boron hydride clusters are compounds with the formula B x H y or related anions, where x ≥ 3. Many such cluster compounds are known. Common examples are those with 5, 10, and 12 boron atoms. Although they have few practical applications, the borane hydride clusters exhibit structures and bonding that differs strongly from the patterns seen in ...
This family of boron hydrides includes mono- and dialkylboranes. The simplest members readily engage in redistribution reactions: 2 BH 2 (CH 3) → BH(CH 3) 2 + 0.5 B 2 H 6. With bulky substituents, primary and secondary boranes are more readily isolable and even useful. Examples include thexylborane and 9-BBN. Almost all primary and secondary ...
Group 13 hydrides are chemical compounds containing group 13-hydrogen bonds (elements of group 13: boron, aluminium, gallium, indium, thallium, and nihonium). [ 1 ] Trihydrides
Often the boron in borides has fractional oxidation states, such as −1/3 in calcium hexaboride (CaB 6). From the structural perspective, the most distinctive chemical compounds of boron are the hydrides. Included in this series are the cluster compounds dodecaborate (B 12 H 2− 12), decaborane (B 10 H 14), and the carboranes such as C 2 B 10 ...
Structure of a rare monomeric boron hydride, R = i-Pr. [4] The most-studied class of organoboron compounds has the formula BR n H 3−n. These compounds are catalysts, reagents, and synthetic intermediates. The trialkyl and triaryl derivatives feature a trigonal-planar boron center that is typically only weakly Lewis acidic.
Pentaborane(9) is an inorganic compound with the formula B 5 H 9.It is one of the most common boron hydride clusters, although it is a highly reactive compound.Because of its high reactivity with oxygen, it was once evaluated as rocket or jet fuel.
Tetraborane (systematically named arachno-tetraborane(10)) was the first boron hydride compound to be discovered. [2] It was classified by Alfred Stock and Carl Massenez in 1912 and was first isolated by Stock. [3] It has a relatively low boiling point at 18 °C and is a gas at room temperature. Tetraborane gas is foul smelling and toxic.
Like many boron hydride clusters, pentaborane(11) was originally obtained from the pyrolysis of diborane. A more systematic synthesis entails treatment of [B 4 H 9] − with boron tribromide. The Lewis acid abstracts hydride to give unstable B 4 H 8, the precursor to B 5 H 11: [2] [B 4 H 9] − + BBr 3 → B 4 H 8 + HBBr 3 − 2 B 4 H 8 → B 5 ...