diborane

…simplest isolable borane is B₂H₆, diborane(6). (The Arabic numeral in parentheses indicates the number of hydrogen atoms.) It is one of the most extensively studied and most synthetically useful chemical intermediates. It is commercially available, and for years many boranes and their derivatives were prepared from it, either directly or…

…called boranes, the simplest being diborane (B₂H₆). The molecular structure and chemical behaviour of these boron hydrides are unique among inorganic compounds. Typically, their molecular structure reveals some boron and hydrogen atoms closely surrounded by or bonded to more atoms than can be explained by an electron-pair bond for each…

The electron-deficient compound diborane, B₂H₆, as noted earlier, can be regarded as a cluster of atoms held together by pairs of delocalized electrons that extend their binding influence over all electrons in the molecule. The unusual feature of diborane is the existence of B―H―B bridges as part of…