Oxoborane
In chemistry, an oxoborane is any chemical compound containing a boron atom with a terminal oxygen atom. The compound class is of some relevance to academic research. The parent compound, HBO, itself called "oxoborane", together with derivatives FBO, ClBO chlorine, BrBO bromine, HOBO and MeBO have been detected in matrix isolation or in the gasphase at high temperature. In these compounds the boron and oxygen form a triple bond prone to cyclotrimerization to boroxines.Derivatives
Although monomeric oxoboranes have not been isolated, derivatives have been described.
A Lewis acid-stabilized adduct of an oxoborane is. Related systems are known.
In trans-, platinum is coordinated to the BO unit. In this compound the BO bond length is 120 picometers.
