Diborane(4) is a transient
inorganic compound with the
chemical formula
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. Stable derivatives are known.
Diborane(4) has been produced by abstraction of two hydrogen atoms from
diborane(6) using
atomic fluorine and detected by
photoionization
Photoionization is the physical process in which an ion is formed from the interaction of a photon with an atom or molecule.
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mass spectrometry.
Computational studies predict a structure in which are two hydrogen atoms bridging the two boron atoms via
three-centre two-electron bonds in addition to the 2-centre, 2-electron bond between the two boron atoms and one terminal hydrogen atom bonded to each boron atom.
Several stable derivatives of diborane(4) have been reported.
References
Boranes
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