Borirane

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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.

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Borirane
Skeletal formula of borirane
Skeletal formula of borirane
Space-filling model of borirane
Space-filling model of borirane
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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  • InChI=1S/C2H5B/c1-2-3-1/h3H,1-2H2 checkY
    Key: OGVHYCXTHGZYKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
  • InChI=1/C2H5B/c1-2-3-1/h3H,1-2H2
  • B1CC1
Properties
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)
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).
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This compound has five isomers.[1]

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