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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Decaborane%2814%29-from-xtal-view-1-tilt-3D-bs-17.png/330px-Decaborane%2814%29-from-xtal-view-1-tilt-3D-bs-17.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Decaborane%2814%29-from-xtal-view-1-tilt-3D-bs-17.png/440px-Decaborane%2814%29-from-xtal-view-1-tilt-3D-bs-17.png 2x" data-file-width="2789" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Decaborane" title="Decaborane">Decaborane(14)</a>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1123817410">.mw-parser-output .template-chem2-su{display:inline-block;font-size:80%;line-height:1;vertical-align:-0.35em}.mw-parser-output .template-chem2-su>span{display:block;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output sub.template-chem2-sub{font-size:80%;vertical-align:-0.35em}.mw-parser-output sup.template-chem2-sup{font-size:80%;vertical-align:0.65em}</style><span class="chemf nowrap">B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">10</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">14</sub></span></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Boron hydride clusters</b> are compounds with the formula <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">B<sub class="template-chem2-sub"><i>x</i></sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub"><i>y</i></sub></span> or related anions, where x ≥ 3. Many such <a href="/wiki/Cluster_compound" class="mw-redirect" title="Cluster compound">cluster compounds</a> are known. Common examples are those with 5, 10, and 12 <a href="/wiki/Boron" title="Boron">boron</a> atoms. Although they have few practical applications, the borane hydride clusters exhibit structures and bonding that differs strongly from the patterns seen in hydrocarbons. Hybrids of boranes and hydrocarbons, the <a href="/wiki/Carborane" title="Carborane">carboranes</a> are also well developed.<sup id="cite_ref-G&E_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G&E-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boron_hydride_clusters&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The development of the borane hydride clusters resulted from pioneering work by <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Stock" title="Alfred Stock">Alfred Stock</a>, invented the glass vacuum line for their study.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The structures of the boron hydride clusters were determined beginning in 1948 with the characterization of <a href="/wiki/Decaborane" title="Decaborane">decaborane</a>. <a href="/wiki/William_Nunn_Lipscomb" class="mw-redirect" title="William Nunn Lipscomb">William Lipscomb</a> was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_prize" class="mw-redirect" title="Nobel prize">Nobel prize</a> in Chemistry in 1976 for this and many subsequent <a href="/wiki/X-ray_crystallography" title="X-ray crystallography">crystallographic investigations</a>. These investigations revealed the prevalence of deltahedral structures, i.e., networks of triangular arrays of BH centers. </p><p>The bonding of the clusters ushered in <a href="/wiki/Polyhedral_skeletal_electron_pair_theory" title="Polyhedral skeletal electron pair theory">Polyhedral skeletal electron pair theory</a> and Wade's rules, which can be used to predict the structures of boranes.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These rules were found to describe structures of many cluster compounds. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chemical_formula_and_naming_conventions">Chemical formula and naming conventions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boron_hydride_clusters&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Chemical formula and naming conventions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Borane clusters are classified as follows, where <i>n</i> is the number of boron atoms in a single cluster:<sup id="cite_ref-G&E_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G&E-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Cluster type</th> <th>Chemical formula</th> <th>Example</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><i>hypercloso</i>-</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">B<sub class="template-chem2-sub"><i>n</i></sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub"><i>n</i></sub></span></td> <td></td> <td>Unstable; derivatives are known<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>closo</i>-</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">[B<sub class="template-chem2-sub"><i>n</i></sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub"><i>n</i></sub>]<sup>2−</sup></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caesium_dodecaborate" title="Caesium dodecaborate">Caesium dodecaborate</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>nido</i>-</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">B<sub class="template-chem2-sub"><i>n</i></sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub"><i>n</i>+4</sub></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pentaborane(9)" title="Pentaborane(9)">pentaborane(9)</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>arachno</i>-</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">B<sub class="template-chem2-sub"><i>n</i></sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub"><i>n</i>+6</sub></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pentaborane(11)" title="Pentaborane(11)">pentaborane(11)</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>hypho</i>-</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">B<sub class="template-chem2-sub"><i>n</i></sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub"><i>n</i>+8</sub></span></td> <td></td> <td>Only found in adducts </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/IUPAC_nomenclature_of_chemistry" title="IUPAC nomenclature of chemistry">International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry rules</a> for <a href="/wiki/Systematic_nomenclature" class="mw-redirect" title="Systematic nomenclature">systematic naming</a> is based on a prefix denoting a class of compound, followed by the number of boron atoms and finally the number of hydrogen atoms in parentheses. Various details can be omitted if there is no ambiguity about the meaning, for example, if only one structural type is possible. 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height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:B18H22_from_Xray_coordinates.tif" class="mw-file-description" title="Octadecaborane(22) B18H22"><img alt="Octadecaborane(22) B18H22" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/B18H22_from_Xray_coordinates.tif/lossless-page1-120px-B18H22_from_Xray_coordinates.tif.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/B18H22_from_Xray_coordinates.tif/lossless-page1-180px-B18H22_from_Xray_coordinates.tif.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/B18H22_from_Xray_coordinates.tif/lossless-page1-240px-B18H22_from_Xray_coordinates.tif.png 2x" data-file-width="371" data-file-height="237" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Octadecaborane" title="Octadecaborane">Octadecaborane(22)</a><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">18</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">22</sub></span></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Iso-B18H22_from_Xray_coordinates.tif" class="mw-file-description" title="iso-B18H22"><img alt="iso-B18H22" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Iso-B18H22_from_Xray_coordinates.tif/lossless-page1-120px-Iso-B18H22_from_Xray_coordinates.tif.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Iso-B18H22_from_Xray_coordinates.tif/lossless-page1-180px-Iso-B18H22_from_Xray_coordinates.tif.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Iso-B18H22_from_Xray_coordinates.tif/lossless-page1-240px-Iso-B18H22_from_Xray_coordinates.tif.png 2x" data-file-width="357" data-file-height="238" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>iso</i>-<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">18</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">22</sub></span></div> </li> </ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional" style="text-align:center;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hexaborate(6)-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Hexaborate(6) [B6H6]2−"><img alt="Hexaborate(6) [B6H6]2−" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Hexaborate%286%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png/105px-Hexaborate%286%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png" decoding="async" width="105" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Hexaborate%286%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png/158px-Hexaborate%286%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Hexaborate%286%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png/210px-Hexaborate%286%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png 2x" data-file-width="1974" data-file-height="2255" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Hexaborate(6)<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">[B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">6</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">6</sub>]<sup>2−</sup></span></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Heptaborate(7)-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Heptaborate(7) [B7H7]2−"><img alt="Heptaborate(7) [B7H7]2−" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Heptaborate%287%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png/120px-Heptaborate%287%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Heptaborate%287%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png/180px-Heptaborate%287%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Heptaborate%287%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png/240px-Heptaborate%287%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png 2x" data-file-width="2538" data-file-height="2337" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Heptaborate(7)<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">[B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">7</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">7</sub>]<sup>2−</sup></span></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Octaborate(8)-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Octaborate(8) [B8H8]2−"><img alt="Octaborate(8) [B8H8]2−" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Octaborate%288%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png/120px-Octaborate%288%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Octaborate%288%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png/180px-Octaborate%288%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Octaborate%288%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png/240px-Octaborate%288%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png 2x" data-file-width="2617" data-file-height="2369" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Octaborate(8)<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">[B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">8</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">8</sub>]<sup>2−</sup></span></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nonaborate(9)-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Nonaborate(9) [B9H9]2−"><img alt="Nonaborate(9) [B9H9]2−" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Nonaborate%289%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png/120px-Nonaborate%289%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Nonaborate%289%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png/180px-Nonaborate%289%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Nonaborate%289%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png/240px-Nonaborate%289%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png 2x" data-file-width="2308" data-file-height="2267" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Nonaborate(9)<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">[B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">9</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">9</sub>]<sup>2−</sup></span></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Decaborate(10)-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Decaborate(10) [B10H10]2−"><img alt="Decaborate(10) [B10H10]2−" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Decaborate%2810%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png/95px-Decaborate%2810%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png" decoding="async" width="95" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Decaborate%2810%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png/142px-Decaborate%2810%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Decaborate%2810%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png/190px-Decaborate%2810%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png 2x" data-file-width="1878" data-file-height="2371" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Decaborate(10)<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">[B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">10</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">10</sub>]<sup>2−</sup></span></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Closo-undecaborate(11)-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Undecaborate(11) [B11H11]2−"><img alt="Undecaborate(11) [B11H11]2−" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Closo-undecaborate%2811%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png/120px-Closo-undecaborate%2811%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Closo-undecaborate%2811%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png/180px-Closo-undecaborate%2811%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Closo-undecaborate%2811%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png/240px-Closo-undecaborate%2811%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png 2x" data-file-width="2182" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Undecaborate(11)<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">[B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">11</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">11</sub>]<sup>2−</sup></span></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dodecaborate(12)-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Dodecaborate(12) [B12H12]2−"><img alt="Dodecaborate(12) [B12H12]2−" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Dodecaborate%2812%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png/107px-Dodecaborate%2812%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png" decoding="async" width="107" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Dodecaborate%2812%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png/160px-Dodecaborate%2812%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Dodecaborate%2812%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png/214px-Dodecaborate%2812%29-dianion-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png 2x" data-file-width="2122" data-file-height="2380" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Dodecaborate" title="Dodecaborate">Dodecaborate(12)</a><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">[B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">12</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">12</sub>]<sup>2−</sup></span></div> </li> </ul> <p>The naming of anions is illustrated by </p> <dl><dd>octahydridopentaborate, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">[B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">5</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">8</sub>]<sup class="template-chem2-sup">−</sup></span></dd></dl> <p>The hydrogen count is specified first followed by the boron count. The -ate suffix is applied with <a href="/wiki/Anion" class="mw-redirect" title="Anion">anions</a>. The ionic charge value is included in the chemical formula but not as part of the systematic name. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bonding_in_boranes">Bonding in boranes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boron_hydride_clusters&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Bonding in boranes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Boranes are nonclassically–bonded compounds, that is, there are not enough electrons to form 2-centre, 2-electron bonds between all pairs of adjacent atoms in the molecule. A description of the bonding in the larger boranes was formulated by <a href="/wiki/William_Lipscomb" title="William Lipscomb">William Lipscomb</a>. It involved: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Three-center_two-electron_bond" title="Three-center two-electron bond">3-center 2-electron</a> B-H-B hydrogen bridges</li> <li>3-center 2-electron B-B-B bonds</li> <li>2-center 2-electron bonds (in B-B, B-H and <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">BH<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub></span>)</li></ul> <p>Lipscomb's methodology has largely been superseded by a <a href="/wiki/Molecular_orbital" title="Molecular orbital">molecular orbital</a> approach. This allows the concept of multi-centre bonding to be extended. For example, in the icosahedral ion <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">[B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">12</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">12</sub>]<sup>2−</sup></span>, the totally symmetric (A<sub>g</sub> symmetry) molecular orbital is equally distributed among all 12 boron atoms. <a href="/wiki/Polyhedral_skeletal_electron_pair_theory" title="Polyhedral skeletal electron pair theory">Wade's rules</a> provide a powerful method that can be used to rationalize the structures in terms of the number of atoms and the connectivity between them. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Multicluster_boranes">Multicluster boranes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boron_hydride_clusters&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Multicluster boranes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GAKFEF.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/GAKFEF.png/220px-GAKFEF.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/GAKFEF.png/330px-GAKFEF.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/GAKFEF.png/440px-GAKFEF.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="974" /></a><figcaption>Structure of the conjuncto boron hydride cluster <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">[B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">19</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">22</sub>]<sup class="template-chem2-sup">−</sup></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Although relatively rare, several multi-cluster boranes have been characterized. For example, reaction of a borane cluster with <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">6</sub></span> (as a source of <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">BH<sub class="template-chem2-sub">3</sub></span>) can lead to the formation of a <i>conjuncto</i>-borane species in which borane cluster sub-units are joined by the sharing of boron atoms.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">6</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">10</sub> + "BH<sub class="template-chem2-sub">3</sub>" → B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">7</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">11</sub> + H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub></span></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">7</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">11</sub> + B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">6</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">10</sub> → B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">13</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">19</sub> + H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub></span></dd></dl> <p>Other <i>conjuncto</i>-boranes, where the sub-units are joined by a B-B bond, can be made by ultra violet irradiation of <i>nido</i>-boranes. Some B-B coupled <i>conjuncto</i>-boranes can be produced using <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">PtBr<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub></span> as catalyst.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Analogous to Wade's Rules, electron counting scheme has been developed to predict or rationalize multicluster boranes. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Multi-cluster descriptors<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Prefix</th> <th>Meaning</th> <th>Example </th></tr> <tr> <td><i>klado</i>-</td> <td>branched clusters</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>conjuncto</i>-</td> <td>conjoined clusters</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>megalo</i>-</td> <td>multiple conjoined clusters</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lewis_acid/base_behavior"><span id="Lewis_acid.2Fbase_behavior"></span>Lewis acid/base behavior</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boron_hydride_clusters&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Lewis acid/base behavior"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some function as electron donors owing to the relative basic character of the <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">B−H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">terminal</sub></span> groups. Boranes can function as <a href="/wiki/Ligand" title="Ligand">ligands</a> in <a href="/wiki/Coordination_compound" class="mw-redirect" title="Coordination compound">coordination compounds</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BoranesAsLigands_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BoranesAsLigands-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hapticity" title="Hapticity">Hapticities</a> of η<sup>1</sup> to η<sup>6</sup> have been found, with electron donation involving bridging H atoms or donation from B-B bonds. For example, <i>nido-</i><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">6</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">10</sub></span> can replace ethene in <a href="/wiki/Zeise%27s_salt" title="Zeise's salt">Zeise's salt</a> to produce <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap"><i>trans</i>-Pt(η<sup class="template-chem2-sup">2</sup>-B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">6</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">10</sub>)Cl<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-BoranesAsLigands_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BoranesAsLigands-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>They can also act as <a href="/wiki/Lewis_acid" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis acid">Lewis acids</a>, with concomitant opening of the cluster. An example involving <a href="/wiki/Trimethylphosphine" title="Trimethylphosphine">trimethylphosphine</a>: </p> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">5</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">9</sub> + 2 P(CH<sub class="template-chem2-sub">3</sub>)<sub class="template-chem2-sub">3</sub> → B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">5</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">9</sub>·2P(CH<sub class="template-chem2-sub">3</sub>)<sub class="template-chem2-sub">3</sub></span></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brønsted_acid/base_behavior"><span id="Br.C3.B8nsted_acid.2Fbase_behavior"></span>Brønsted acid/base behavior</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boron_hydride_clusters&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Brønsted acid/base behavior"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some higher boranes, especially those with bridging hydrogen atoms, can be deprotonated with a strong base. An example: </p> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">5</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">9</sub> + NaH → Na[B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">5</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">8</sub>] + H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub></span></dd></dl> <p>Acidity increases with the size of the borane, with <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">10</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">14</sub></span> having a <a href="/wiki/PKa" class="mw-redirect" title="PKa">p<i>K</i><sub>a</sub></a> value of 2.7.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pentaborane(9)" title="Pentaborane(9)">B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">5</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">9</sub></a> < <a href="/wiki/Hexaborane(10)" title="Hexaborane(10)">B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">6</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">10</sub></a> < <a href="/wiki/Decaborane(14)" class="mw-redirect" title="Decaborane(14)">B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">10</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">14</sub></a> < <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hexadecaborane(20)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hexadecaborane(20) (page does not exist)">B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">16</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">20</sub></a> < <a href="/wiki/Octadecaborane" title="Octadecaborane">B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">18</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">22</sub></a></span></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aufbau_reactions">Aufbau reactions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boron_hydride_clusters&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Aufbau reactions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KIWJOP.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/KIWJOP.png/180px-KIWJOP.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="273" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/KIWJOP.png/270px-KIWJOP.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/KIWJOP.png/360px-KIWJOP.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1820" /></a><figcaption>Structure of <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">[(CH<sub class="template-chem2-sub">3</sub>)<sub class="template-chem2-sub">4</sub>N<sup class="template-chem2-sup">+</sup>]<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub>[Fe(C<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub>B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">9</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">11</sub>)<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub>]<sup class="template-chem2-sup">+</sup></span>, showing only one <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">Me<sub class="template-chem2-sub">4</sub>N<sup class="template-chem2-sup">+</sup></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>For the boron hydride chemist, one of the most important reactions is the building up process by which smaller boron hydride clusters add borane to give larger clusters. This approach also applies to the synthesis of <a href="/wiki/Metallaborane" title="Metallaborane">metallaboranes</a>, </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hydroboration">Hydroboration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boron_hydride_clusters&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Hydroboration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Reminiscent of the behavior of diborane and its adducts, higher boranes participate in hydroboration. When boron hydrides add an <a href="/wiki/Alkyne" title="Alkyne">alkyne</a>, the carbon becomes incorporated into the cluster, producing <a href="/wiki/Carborane" title="Carborane">carboranes</a>, e.g. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">C<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub>B<sub class="template-chem2-sub">10</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">12</sub></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Applications">Applications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boron_hydride_clusters&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Applications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some cobalt derivatives of carboranes have been commercialized for sequestering <a href="/wiki/Caesium-137" title="Caesium-137"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap"><sup class="template-chem2-sup">137</sup>Cs</span></a> from <a href="/wiki/Radioactive_waste" title="Radioactive waste">radioactive waste</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Boranes have a high <a href="/wiki/Specific_energy" title="Specific energy">specific energy</a> of combustion compared to <a href="/wiki/Hydrocarbon" title="Hydrocarbon">hydrocarbons</a>, making them potentially attractive as fuels or igniters. Intense research was carried out in the 1950s into their use as <a href="/wiki/Zip_fuel" title="Zip fuel">jet fuel additives</a>, but the effort did not lead to practical results. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aspirational_uses">Aspirational uses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boron_hydride_clusters&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Aspirational uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Because <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap"><sup class="template-chem2-sup">10</sup>B</span> has a very high <a href="/wiki/Neutron-capture_cross_section" class="mw-redirect" title="Neutron-capture cross section">neutron-capture cross section</a>, boron-hydride derivatives have often been investigated for applications in <a href="/wiki/Neutron_capture_therapy_of_cancer" title="Neutron capture therapy of cancer">Neutron capture therapy of cancer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap"><sup class="template-chem2-sup">10</sup>B + <sup class="template-chem2-sup">1</sup>n → (<sup class="template-chem2-sup">11</sup>B*) → <sup class="template-chem2-sup">4</sup>He + <sup class="template-chem2-sup">7</sup>Li + γ</span> (2.4 Mev)</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boron_hydride_clusters&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Boranes" 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title="Diborane(4)">B<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetraborane" title="Tetraborane">B<sub>4</sub>H<sub>10</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentaborane(9)" title="Pentaborane(9)">B<sub>5</sub>H<sub>9</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentaborane(11)" title="Pentaborane(11)">B<sub>5</sub>H<sub>11</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hexaborane(10)" title="Hexaborane(10)">B<sub>6</sub>H<sub>10</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hexaborane(12)" title="Hexaborane(12)">B<sub>6</sub>H<sub>12</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decaborane" title="Decaborane">B<sub>10</sub>H<sub>14</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Octadecaborane" title="Octadecaborane">B<sub>18</sub>H<sub>22</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Alanes" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Alanes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aluminium_hydride" title="Aluminium hydride">AlH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dialane" title="Dialane">Al<sub>2</sub>H<sub>6</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Gallanes" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Gallanes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gallane" title="Gallane">GaH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digallane" title="Digallane">Ga<sub>2</sub>H<sub>6</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Indiganes" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Indiganes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alkane" title="Alkane">alkanes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alkene" title="Alkene">alkenes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alkyne" title="Alkyne">alkynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cycloalkane" title="Cycloalkane">Cycloalkanes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cycloalkene" title="Cycloalkene">Cycloalkenes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cycloalkyne" title="Cycloalkyne">Cycloalkynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annulenes" class="mw-redirect" title="Annulenes">Annulenes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Methylidyne_radical" title="Methylidyne radical">CH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methylene_(compound)" title="Methylene (compound)">CH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methyl_radical" title="Methyl radical">CH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethynyl_radical" title="Ethynyl radical">C<sub>2</sub>H</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Silanes" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Silanes" title="Silanes">Silanes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Silane" title="Silane">SiH<sub>4</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disilane" title="Disilane">Si<sub>2</sub>H<sub>6</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trisilane" title="Trisilane">Si<sub>3</sub>H<sub>8</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetrasilane" title="Tetrasilane">Si<sub>4</sub>H<sub>10</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentasilane" class="mw-redirect" title="Pentasilane">Si<sub>5</sub>H<sub>12</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hexasilane" class="mw-redirect" title="Hexasilane">Si<sub>6</sub>H<sub>14</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heptasilane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Heptasilane (page does not exist)">Si<sub>7</sub>H<sub>16</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Octasilane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Octasilane (page does not exist)">Si<sub>8</sub>H<sub>18</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nonasilane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nonasilane (page does not exist)">Si<sub>9</sub>H<sub>20</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Decasilane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Decasilane (page does not exist)">Si<sub>10</sub>H<sub>22</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silanes" title="Silanes">more...</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Silenes" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Silenes" title="Silenes">Silenes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Disilene" title="Disilene">Si<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Silynes" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silynes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Silynes (page does not exist)">Silynes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Disilyne" title="Disilyne">Si<sub>2</sub>H<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silicon_monohydride" class="mw-redirect" title="Silicon monohydride">SiH</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Germanes" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Germanes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Germanes (page does not exist)">Germanes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Germane" title="Germane">GeH<sub>4</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digermane" title="Digermane">Ge<sub>2</sub>H<sub>6</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trigermane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trigermane (page does not exist)">Ge<sub>3</sub>H<sub>8</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tetragermane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tetragermane (page does not exist)">Ge<sub>4</sub>H<sub>10</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pentagermane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pentagermane (page does not exist)">Ge<sub>5</sub>H<sub>12</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Stannanes" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Stannanes" class="mw-redirect" title="Stannanes">Stannanes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stannane" title="Stannane">SnH<sub>4</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Distannane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Distannane (page does not exist)">Sn<sub>2</sub>H<sub>6</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Plumbanes" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Plumbanes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Plumbane" title="Plumbane">PbH<sub>4</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Flerovanes_(predicted)" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Flerovium" title="Flerovium">Flerovanes</a> (<i>predicted</i>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>FlH</i></li> <li><i>FlH<sub>2</sub></i></li> <li><i>FlH<sub>4</sub></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pnictogen_hydride" title="Pnictogen hydride">Pnictogen <br />(Group 15) hydrides</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Azanes" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Azane" title="Azane">Azanes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ammonia" title="Ammonia">NH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrazine" title="Hydrazine">N<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triazane" title="Triazane">N<sub>3</sub>H<sub>5</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tetrazane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tetrazane (page does not exist)">N<sub>4</sub>H<sub>6</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pentazane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pentazane (page does not exist)">N<sub>5</sub>H<sub>7</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hexazane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hexazane (page does not exist)">N<sub>6</sub>H<sub>8</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heptazane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Heptazane (page does not exist)">N<sub>7</sub>H<sub>9</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Octazane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Octazane (page does not exist)">N<sub>8</sub>H<sub>10</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nonazane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nonazane (page does not exist)">N<sub>9</sub>H<sub>11</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Decazane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Decazane (page does not exist)">N<sub>10</sub>H<sub>12</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azane" title="Azane">more...</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Azenes" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Azo_compound" title="Azo compound">Azenes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diazene" class="mw-redirect" title="Diazene">N<sub>2</sub>H<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triazene" title="Triazene">N<sub>3</sub>H<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetrazene" title="Tetrazene">N<sub>4</sub>H<sub>4</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Phosphanes" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphanes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Phosphanes (page does not exist)">Phosphanes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Phosphine" title="Phosphine">PH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diphosphane" title="Diphosphane">P<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triphosphane" title="Triphosphane">P<sub>3</sub>H<sub>5</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tetraphosphane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tetraphosphane (page does not exist)">P<sub>4</sub>H<sub>6</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pentaphosphane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pentaphosphane (page does not exist)">P<sub>5</sub>H<sub>7</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hexaphosphane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hexaphosphane (page does not exist)">P<sub>6</sub>H<sub>8</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heptaphosphane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Heptaphosphane (page does not exist)">P<sub>7</sub>H<sub>9</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Octaphosphane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Octaphosphane (page does not exist)">P<sub>8</sub>H<sub>10</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nonaphosphane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nonaphosphane (page does not exist)">P<sub>9</sub>H<sub>11</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Decaphosphane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Decaphosphane (page does not exist)">P<sub>10</sub>H<sub>12</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphanes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Phosphanes (page does not exist)">more...</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Phosphenes" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Diphosphenes" title="Diphosphenes">Phosphenes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diphosphene" title="Diphosphene">P<sub>2</sub>H<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Triphosphene&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Triphosphene (page does not exist)">P<sub>3</sub>H<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tetraphosphene&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tetraphosphene (page does not exist)">P<sub>4</sub>H<sub>4</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Arsanes" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Arsane" class="mw-redirect" title="Arsane">Arsanes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arsine" title="Arsine">AsH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diarsine" class="mw-redirect" title="Diarsine">As<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Stibanes" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Stibanes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stibine" title="Stibine">SbH<sub>3</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Bismuthanes" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bismuthanes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bismuthine" title="Bismuthine">BiH<sub>3</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Moscovanes" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Moscovanes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Moscovium" title="Moscovium">McH<sub>3</sub></a></i> (<i>predicted</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hydrazoic_acid" title="Hydrazoic acid">HN<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imidogen" title="Imidogen">NH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentazole" title="Pentazole">HN<sub>5</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nitrogen_pentahydride" title="Nitrogen pentahydride">NH<sub>5</sub></a> <i>(hypothetical)</i></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_chalcogenide" title="Hydrogen chalcogenide">Hydrogen <br />chalcogenides <br />(Group 16 hydrides)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Polyoxidanes" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_polyoxide" title="Hydrogen polyoxide">Polyoxidanes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Properties_of_water" title="Properties of water">H<sub>2</sub>O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_peroxide" title="Hydrogen peroxide">H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trioxidane" title="Trioxidane">H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetraoxidane" title="Tetraoxidane">H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentaoxidane" title="Pentaoxidane">H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_polyoxide" title="Hydrogen polyoxide">more...</a></li> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Polysulfanes" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Polysulfane" title="Polysulfane">Polysulfanes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_sulfide" title="Hydrogen sulfide">H<sub>2</sub>S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_disulfide" title="Hydrogen disulfide">H<sub>2</sub>S<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trisulfane" title="Trisulfane">H<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen_tetrasulfide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hydrogen tetrasulfide (page does not exist)">H<sub>2</sub>S<sub>4</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen_pentasulfide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hydrogen pentasulfide (page does not exist)">H<sub>2</sub>S<sub>5</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen_hexasulfide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hydrogen hexasulfide (page does not exist)">H<sub>2</sub>S<sub>6</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen_heptasulfide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hydrogen heptasulfide (page does not exist)">H<sub>2</sub>S<sub>7</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen_octasulfide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hydrogen octasulfide (page does not exist)">H<sub>2</sub>S<sub>8</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen_nonasulfide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hydrogen nonasulfide (page does not exist)">H<sub>2</sub>S<sub>9</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen_decasulfide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hydrogen decasulfide (page does not exist)">H<sub>2</sub>S<sub>10</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polysulfane" title="Polysulfane">more...</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Selanes" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Selanes" class="mw-redirect" title="Selanes">Selanes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_selenide" title="Hydrogen selenide">H<sub>2</sub>Se</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_diselenide" title="Hydrogen diselenide">H<sub>2</sub>Se<sub>2</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Tellanes" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tellanes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_telluride" title="Hydrogen telluride">H<sub>2</sub>Te</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_ditelluride" title="Hydrogen ditelluride">H<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>2</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Polanes" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Polanes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Polonium_hydride" title="Polonium hydride">PoH<sub>2</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Livermoranes" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Livermoranes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Livermorium" title="Livermorium">LvH<sub>2</sub></a></i> (<i>predicted</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hydroxyl_radical" title="Hydroxyl radical">HO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydroperoxyl" title="Hydroperoxyl">HO<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_ozonide" title="Hydrogen ozonide">HO<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oxywater&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oxywater (page does not exist)">H<sub>2</sub>O<sup>+</sup>–O<sup>–</sup></a> <i>(hypothetical)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sulfanyl" title="Sulfanyl">HS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semiheavy_water" title="Semiheavy water">HDO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heavy_water" title="Heavy water">D<sub>2</sub>O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tritiated_water" title="Tritiated water">T<sub>2</sub>O</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_halide" title="Hydrogen halide">Hydrogen halides <br />(Group 17 hydrides)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_fluoride" title="Hydrogen fluoride">HF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_chloride" title="Hydrogen chloride">HCl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_bromide" title="Hydrogen bromide">HBr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_iodide" title="Hydrogen iodide">HI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_astatide" title="Hydrogen astatide">HAt</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tennessine" title="Tennessine">HTs</a></i> (<i>predicted</i>)</li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Transition_metal_hydrides" class="mw-redirect" title="Transition metal hydrides">Transition metal hydrides</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scandium_hydride" title="Scandium hydride">ScH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yttrium_hydride" title="Yttrium hydride">YH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yttrium_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yttrium trihydride (page does not exist)">YH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yttrium_hexahydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yttrium hexahydride (page does not exist)">YH<sub>6</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yttrium_nonahydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yttrium nonahydride (page does not exist)">YH<sub>9</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lutetium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lutetium dihydride (page does not exist)">LuH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lutetium_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lutetium trihydride (page does not exist)">LuH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titanium_hydride" title="Titanium hydride">TiH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titanium(IV)_hydride" title="Titanium(IV) hydride">TiH<sub>4</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zirconium(II)_hydride" title="Zirconium(II) hydride">ZrH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zirconium_hydride" title="Zirconium hydride">ZrH<sub>4</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hafnium(II)_hydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hafnium(II) hydride (page does not exist)">HfH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hafnium_hydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hafnium hydride (page does not exist)">HfH<sub>4</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vanadium(I)_hydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vanadium(I) hydride (page does not exist)">VH</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vanadium(II)_hydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vanadium(II) hydride (page does not exist)">VH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Niobium_monohydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Niobium monohydride (page does not exist)">NbH</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Niobium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Niobium dihydride (page does not exist)">NbH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tantalum_monohydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tantalum monohydride (page does not exist)">TaH</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tantalum_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tantalum dihydride (page does not exist)">TaH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chromium(I)_hydride" title="Chromium(I) hydride">CrH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chromium(II)_hydride" title="Chromium(II) hydride">CrH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chromium_hydride" title="Chromium hydride">CrH<sub>x</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron(I)_hydride" title="Iron(I) hydride">FeH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron(II)_hydride" title="Iron(II) hydride">FeH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_pentahydride" title="Iron pentahydride">FeH<sub>5</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cobalt(II)_hydride" title="Cobalt(II) hydride">CoH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhodium_hydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rhodium hydride (page does not exist)">RhH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iridium_trihydride" title="Iridium trihydride">IrH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickel_hydride" title="Nickel hydride">NiH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palladium_hydride" title="Palladium hydride">PdH<sub><i>x</i></sub> (<i>x</i> < 1)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Platinum_hydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Platinum hydride (page does not exist)">PtH<sub><i>x</i></sub> (<i>x</i>< 1) </a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Darmstadtium" title="Darmstadtium">DsH<sub>2</sub></a></i> (<i>predicted</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copper_hydride" title="Copper hydride">CuH</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Roentgenium" title="Roentgenium">RgH</a></i> (<i>predicted</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zinc_hydride" title="Zinc hydride">ZnH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cadmium_hydride" title="Cadmium hydride">CdH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury(I)_hydride" title="Mercury(I) hydride">HgH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury(I)_hydride" title="Mercury(I) hydride">Hg<sub>2</sub>H<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury(II)_hydride" title="Mercury(II) hydride">HgH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Copernicium" title="Copernicium">CnH<sub>2</sub></a></i> (<i>predicted</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lanthanide_hydrides&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lanthanide hydrides (page does not exist)">Lanthanide hydrides</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lanthanum_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lanthanum dihydride (page does not exist)">LaH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lanthanum_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lanthanum trihydride (page does not exist)">LaH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanthanum_decahydride" title="Lanthanum decahydride">LaH<sub>10</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cerium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cerium dihydride (page does not exist)">CeH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cerium_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cerium trihydride (page does not exist)">CeH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Praseodymium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Praseodymium dihydride (page does not exist)">PrH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Praseodymium_hydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Praseodymium hydride (page does not exist)">PrH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neodymium(II)_hydride" title="Neodymium(II) hydride">NdH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neodymium(III)_hydride" title="Neodymium(III) hydride">NdH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samarium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samarium dihydride (page does not exist)">SmH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samarium_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samarium trihydride (page does not exist)">SmH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Europium_hydride" title="Europium hydride">EuH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gadolinium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gadolinium dihydride (page does not exist)">GdH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gadolinium_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gadolinium trihydride (page does not exist)">GdH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terbium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Terbium dihydride (page does not exist)">TbH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terbium_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Terbium trihydride (page does not exist)">TbH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dysprosium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dysprosium dihydride (page does not exist)">DyH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dysprosium_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dysprosium trihydride (page does not exist)">DyH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Holmium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Holmium dihydride (page does not exist)">HoH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Holmium_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Holmium trihydride (page does not exist)">HoH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Erbium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Erbium dihydride (page does not exist)">ErH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Erbium_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Erbium trihydride (page does not exist)">ErH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thulium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thulium dihydride (page does not exist)">TmH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thulium_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thulium trihydride (page does not exist)">TmH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ytterbium(II)_hydride" title="Ytterbium(II) hydride">YbH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lutetium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lutetium dihydride (page does not exist)">LuH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lutetium_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lutetium trihydride (page does not exist)">LuH<sub>3</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Actinide_hydrides&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Actinide hydrides (page does not exist)">Actinide hydrides</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Actinium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Actinium dihydride (page does not exist)">AcH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thorium_hydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thorium hydride (page does not exist)">ThH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thorium(IV)_hydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thorium(IV) hydride (page does not exist)">ThH<sub>4</sub></a></li> <li>Th<sub>4</sub>H<sub>15</sub></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protactinium_trihydride" title="Protactinium trihydride">PaH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uranium(III)_hydride" title="Uranium(III) hydride">UH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uranium(IV)_hydride" title="Uranium(IV) hydride">UH<sub>4</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Neptunium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Neptunium dihydride (page does not exist)">NpH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Neptunium_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Neptunium trihydride (page does not exist)">NpH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plutonium_hydride" title="Plutonium hydride">PuH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plutonium_hydride" title="Plutonium hydride">PuH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Americium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Americium dihydride (page does not exist)">AmH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Americium_trihydride" title="Americium trihydride">AmH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Curium_hydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Curium hydride (page does not exist)">CmH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Berkelium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Berkelium dihydride (page does not exist)">BkH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Berkelium_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" 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