Talk:Diborane
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Article Grading: The following comments were left by the quality and importance raters: (edit · history · watch · refresh) Recommended for A-Class on Wikipedia:WikiProject Chemicals/List of A-Class articles. Wim van Dorst (Talk) 21:06, 17 February 2007 (UTC). |
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Why are all types of compounds of boron monomers with the exception of diboranes and other boron hydrides? Can you explain why structure of diborane is unusual? example: BCl3, BI3 are monomers of trivalent boron; whereas B2H6 or (BH3)2 is a dimer having unusual structure.
In BCl3 and BI3, there is donation of electron density from the filled p-orbitals on the halides to the vacant p-orbital on boron, stabilising the boron monomer. With hydrogen, no such donation is possible as it has only one electron and no occupied p-orbitals. I will eventually add this (and other information) to the article, after I have finished adding to Borane--Amigadave 11:45, 2005 Apr 26 (UTC)
Also, if you think that B2H6 is strange, Al2Me6 is analogous, with two bridging methyl groups (five coordinate carbon).Smokefoot 14:00, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
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- please give the preparation of B2H6 - how is it manufactured?
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[edit] Image?
We could really use a picture of the borane dimer. DS 16:44, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Alumane?
Is this Aluminium Hydride? If so it should link to that article.Dajwilkinson 23:53, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] H. Christopher Longuet-Higgins
I have added the name of the undergraduate student. H. Christopher Longuet-Higgins went on to great things as a theoretical chemist and was a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science. He then changed fields completely to Artificial Intelligence. I will write on article on him sometime but the two fields make it difficult. I'm working through the redlinks on International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science. Of course, if anyone else wants to write it, please go right ahead. --Bduke 00:58, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] MSDS error
It's 4 flammable/ 4 toxic/ 3 corrosive, not 3 toxic.
I had access to a link to this at one time, but I've lost it.
