Abstract

Enos M.R. Kiremire^*, Likius S. Daniel, and Philipus Hishimone

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/ojc/300302

The borane chemistry has continued to expand since the beginning of the twentieth century. It has deeply penetrated into the other fields such as organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organo metallic chemistry, catalysis, and medicinal fields. Yet some of the  average chemists or chemists at an undergraduate or even postgraduate levels find it a challenge to explain the structures of simple boranes. In this article, we present an empirical formula that can be utilized to deduce geometrical shapes of simplesboranes. The formula is so versatile as to be applied to deduce the Lewis structures of simple molecules and ions, inorganic clusters of main group elements, the carbonyl clusters of transition metal complexes as well as carboranes symmetries and hydrocarbons. In the case of hydrocarbons, it is useful in generating isomers of a given hydrocarbon. It is hoped that the formula will be extended to explain the structures or shapes and symmetries of large clusters and to systems which may not obey the octet or eighteen electron rule.

Numerical Assignment; chemistry; simplesboranes

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