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Plumbane
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<p>Plumbane is an <a href="/facts/Inorganic_chemical_compound/TfFfzxSz">inorganic chemical compound</a> with the <a href="/facts/Chemical_formula/hghUtthl">chemical formula</a> PbH4. It is a colorless gas. It is a <a href="/facts/Metal/PT8hNX6R">metal</a> <a href="/facts/Hydride/v2rlBGMg">hydride</a> and <a href="/facts/Group_14_hydride/FJCJfUtm">group 14 hydride</a> composed of <a href="/facts/Lead/EYljasJN">lead</a> and <a href="/facts/Hydrogen/BoYHjl0J">hydrogen</a>. Plumbane is not well characterized or well known, and it is thermodynamically unstable with respect to the loss of a hydrogen atom. Derivatives of plumbane include <a href="/facts/Lead_tetrafluoride/fU4olUDk">lead tetrafluoride</a>, PbF4, and <a href="/facts/Tetraethyllead/M33pHTTX">tetraethyllead</a>, (CH3CH2)4Pb. </p>