Borirane is a heterocyclic organic compound with the formula C2H4BH. This colourless, flammable gas is the simplest borirane, a three-membered ring consisting of two carbon and one boron atom. It can be viewed as a structural analog of aziridine, with boron replacing the nitrogen atom of aziridine. Borirane is isomeric with ethylideneborane.
This compound has five isomers.[1]
References
- ^ Stone, F. G. A.; Abel, E. W. (1987). Organometallic Chemistry. Vol. 16. London: Royal Society of Chemistry. p. 40. ISBN 9780851866413.