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Borane carbonyl
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<p>Borane carbonyl is the <a href="/facts/Inorganic_compound/TfFfzxSz">inorganic compound</a> with the formula <a href="/facts/Hydrogen/BoYHjl0J">H</a>3<a href="/facts/Boron/Pmwgd7Mf">B</a><a href="/facts/Carbon/ukrgQexo">C</a><a href="/facts/Oxygen/acyn6o8r">O</a>. This colorless gas is the <a href="/facts/Adduct/vBpTmotm">adduct</a> of <a href="/facts/Borane/pHQMPw5r">borane</a> and <a href="/facts/Carbon_monoxide/CKuLtEMJ">carbon monoxide</a>. It is usually prepared by combining borane-ether complexes and CO. The compound is mainly of theoretical and pedagogical interest. </p>