Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A borane is an inorganic chemical compound of boron and hydrogen. Boranes are often unstable. They are named by analogy with the alkanes, which are carbon-hydrogen compounds. German chemist Alfred Stock was the first scientist to characterize the series of boron-hydrogen compounds by analogy with hydrocarbons. There are 2 major classes of boranes: nidoboranes (general formula BnHn+4) arachnoboranes (general formula BnHn+6) For example: B2H6 : diborane B4H10 : tetraborane The salts of boranes are called borohydrides. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.