Nomenclature
CAS number: 23777-80-2
Hexaboron decahydride; borohexane.
B
6H
10; mol wt 74.95.
B 86.55%, H 13.45%.
Description and references
Prepd by the reaction of magnesium boride with
hydrochloric or phosphoric acid: Stock, Kuss, Ber. 56B, 789 (1923).
Properties
Liquid. mp 62.3°; bp 108°; vapor pressure (0°): 7.5 mm: Burg, Kratzer, Inorg. Chem. 1, 725 (1962). d0 0.69. Slowly
dec at room temp. Hydrolyzes in water after long heating.