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Properties of diborane and its structure

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Diborane is a chemical compound that consists of boron and hydrogen atoms and has a molecular formula B2H6. This substance is highly unstable at the room temperature with a sweet odor. The compounds consisting of boron and hydrogen atoms are called as boranes. Diborane is one of the simplest boron hydrides.

The Boron hydrides mix well with the air forming up explosive mixtures. This substance will ignite rapidly at the room temperature. The other names for Diborane are boro ethane, diboron hexahydride.

Structure of Diborane


The structure of Diborane molecule consists of four hydrogen atoms and that of two boron atoms coming on the same plane. In between these planes, there are said to be two dividing atoms of hydrogen.

The boron atom is known to be sp3 hybridized and has four hybrid orbitals. From these four hybrid orbitals, three of the orbitals have one electron each, and of which one is an empty orbital. The two electrons of the hybrid orbitals in each of the boron atoms form 2 bonds with the 1s hydrogen atoms. The two atoms of boron left with that of each unpaired electron orbital and empty orbital forms the two bridging (B–H–B) bonds with that of the two 1s hydrogen atoms, is also called as the banana bond.

Properties of Diborane:

Some of the physical and chemical properties of Diborane are as below:

Diborane is said to be a colorless and highly flammable type of gas at the room temperatures. At the high concentrations, it ignites rapidly in the presence of moist air at the room temperature.It is said to have a boiling point of about 180 K and is a toxic gas.It releases a huge amount of energy when burnt in the presence of oxygen.Diborane readily hydrolyzes in water to give hydrogen gas and boric acid.Most of the diborane are known to be flammable in air







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