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triphenylborane
Sign in to saveTriphenylborane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula , often abbreviated to , where Ph is the phenyl group. It is a white crystalline solid and is both air and moisture sensitive, slowly forming benzene and triphenylboroxine. It is soluble in aromatic solvents.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C18H15B
- Molecular weight
- 242.1 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- triphenylborane
- SMILES
- B(C1=CC=CC=C1)(C2=CC=CC=C2)C3=CC=CC=C3
- InChIKey
- MXSVLWZRHLXFKH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 242.127
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- Commons category
- Triphenylborane
- chemical formula
- C₁₈H₁₅B
- canonical SMILES
- B(C1=CC=CC=C1)(C2=CC=CC=C2)C3=CC=CC=C3
- melting point
- 147.0
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Triphenylborane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula , often abbreviated to , where Ph is the phenyl group. It is a white crystalline solid and is both air and moisture sensitive, slowly forming benzene and triphenylboroxine. It is soluble in aromatic solvents.
==Structure and properties== The core of the compound, , has a trigonal planar structure. The phenyl groups are rotated at about a 30° angle from the core plane.
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