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Also Known As boron hydride

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The structure of the three-centre, two-electron bond in a B-H-B fragment of a diborane molecule. A pair of electrons in the bonding combination pulls all three atoms together.
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Herbert Charles Brown
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William Nunn Lipscomb, Jr.
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