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    Diborane(6), commonly known as diborane, is the chemical compound with the formula B2H6. It is a highly toxic, colorless, and pyrophoric gas with a repulsively...
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  • There are other forms of diborane with different numbers of hydrogen atoms, including diborane(4) and diborane(6). Diborane(2) is a highly reactive molecule...
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    Diborane(4) is a transient inorganic compound with the chemical formula B 2H 4. Stable derivatives are known. Diborane(4) has been produced by abstraction...
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  • chemical species, it reacts with itself to form diborane. Thus, it is an intermediate in the preparation of diborane according to the reaction: BX3 +BH4− → HBX3−...
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    structure and bonding. First, new synthetic techniques were required to handle diborane and many of its derivatives, which are both pyrophoric and volatile. Alfred...
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  • molecules and ions are described as dimers, even when the monomer is elusive. Diborane (B2H6) is an dimer of borane, which is elusive and rarely observed. Almost...
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    electrons in bonding. This type of bonding occurs in boron hydrides such as diborane (B2H6), which are often described as electron deficient because there are...
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    hydrogen fuel, but is otherwise primarily of academic interest. Reaction of diborane with ammonia mainly gives the diammoniate salt [H2B(NH3)2]+[BH4]−...
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  • reactions of diborane, B2H6. Hermann Irving Schlesinger's laboratory at the University of Chicago was one of two laboratories that prepared diborane. It was...
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    hydrogen. Unlike diborane, It is quite stable at room temperature if stored properly. It is much more stable in presence of water than diborane. Pentaborane...
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