Thursday, November 25, 2010

Boranes

As the name indicates, boranes are hydrides of boron. They are colourless compounds with a special property that it is diamagnetic. It is important to note that there are 3 classess of boranes. Do you know which are they?
Classess of boranes:
  1. Nido-boranes
  2. Arachno-boranes
  3. Conjuncto-boranes

The above mentioned borane classess are represented by a general formula.

General formula of borane classess:

  1. Nido-boranes: BnHn+4
  2. Arachno-boranes :BnHn+6
  3. Conjuncto-boranes: BnHm

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