Borirane

Borirane
Identifiers
CAS Number	39517-80-1 ;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
ChemSpider	14566055 ;
PubChem CID	18426477 confused with radical;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID80593667 ;
	InChI InChI=1S/C2H5B/c1-2-3-1/h3H,1-2H2 Key: OGVHYCXTHGZYKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N ; InChI=1/C2H5B/c1-2-3-1/h3H,1-2H2;
	SMILES B1CC1;
Properties
Chemical formula	BC; 2H; 5
Molar mass	39.872 g mol−1
Melting point	−129 °C (−200 °F; 144 K)
Boiling point	−24 °C (−11 °F; 249 K)
Solubility in water	15.425 g dm−3
Related compounds
Related heterocycles	Aziridine; Ethylene oxide; Thiirane
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

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. 16. London: Royal Society of Chemistry. p. 40. ISBN 9780851866413.

[1] Stone, F. G. A.; Abel, E. W. (1987). Organometallic Chemistry. 16. London: Royal Society of Chemistry. p. 40. ISBN 9780851866413.

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