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Chem 232 Lecture 12 - UIC Department of Chemistry - University of ...

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Conditions: HydroborationHHBH• boron is exception to octet rule• sp 2 -hybridized (only 3 valence e - s)• contains an empty p-orbital• strong Lewis acid (electron pair acceptor)• forms 3-bonds (neutral) & 4-bonds (-/ve)“Free” borane (BH 3 ) only exists in gas phase, otherwiseundergoes dimerization to diborane (B 2 H 6 )HHBH+HHBHdimerizationHHBHHBHHboranediborane<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Illinois<strong>UIC</strong>at Chicago CHEM <strong>232</strong>, Spring 2010Slide 6<strong>Lecture</strong> <strong>12</strong>: February 186

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