borazine
Sign in to saveBorazine, also known as borazole, inorganic benzene, is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula B3H6N3. In this cyclic compound, the three BH units and three NH units alternate. The compound is isoelectronic and isostructural with benzene. For this reason borazine is sometimes referred to as “inorganic benzene”. Like benzene, borazine is a colourless liquid with an aromatic odor.
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16 sectionsContents
- Synthesis
- Structure
- Aromaticity
- Natural bond orbitals (NBO)
- Electron localization function (ELF)
- Reactivity
- Hydrolysis
- Polymerization
- With hydrogen halides and halogens
- Ceramic precursor
- Related compounds
- See also
- Further reading
- References
- Further reading
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Borazine, also known as borazole, inorganic benzene, is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula B3H6N3. In this cyclic compound, the three BH units and three NH units alternate. The compound is isoelectronic and isostructural with benzene. For this reason borazine is sometimes referred to as “inorganic benzene”. Like benzene, borazine is a colourless liquid with an aromatic odor.
== Synthesis == The compound was reported in 1926 by the chemists Alfred Stock and Erich Pohland by a reaction of diborane with ammonia.