Borirane is a
heterocyclic organic compound
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with the
formula
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C2 H4 BH. 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
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atom of aziridine. Borirane is
isomer
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ic with
ethylideneborane.
This compound has five isomers.
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Boron heterocycles
Gases
Three-membered rings