In chemistry, an oxoborane is any chemical compound containing a boron atom with a terminal oxygen atom (a −B=O functional group). The compound class is of some relevance to academic research. The parent compound, HBO, itself called "oxoborane", together with derivatives F B O , ClBO, BrBO, HOBO and MeBO have been detected in matrix isolation or in the gaseous phase at high temperature. [1] [2] In these compounds the boron and oxygen form a triple bond prone to cyclotrimerization to boroxines.
Although monomeric oxoboranes have not been isolated, derivatives have been described.
A Lewis acid-stabilized adduct of an oxoborane is (NacNacB=O.AlCl3. [3] In this compound the oxygen atom is coordinated to aluminium chloride. The BO bond length is 130 pm (compare to 136 pm in regular boronic acids). Related systems are known. [4]
In trans-[(Cy3P)2PtBr(BO)], platinum is coordinated to the BO unit. [5] In this compound the BO bond length is 120 picometers.