boranen.
/ˈbɔːreɪn/, U.S. /ˈbɔˌreɪn/ Chemistry.
The systematic name for a boron hydride; spec. the (hypothetical) compound BH3; also, any substituted derivative of a boron hydride.
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boride1863
boron nitride1868
boron hydride1879
borane1916
borohydride1940
borazon1957
1916 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 90 ii. 319 BH4 (unknown)..would be described as borane.
1923 Chem. Abstr. 17 2242 All attempts to obtain a mono- and a triborane failed.
1933 A. Stock Hydrides of Boron & Silicon i. 17 Our present knowledge of the chemistry of boron leads us now to recommend..that..the stable, so to say normal, hydrides..be called ‘boranes’. The less stable hydrides..should be called ‘hydroboranes’.
1965 New Scientist 4 Nov. 341 Thought towards solution of the fuel problem was aimed at substituting hydrogen-boron compounds (the boranes) for the hydrocarbon constituents of the classical fuels.
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