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Multiple choice chemistry the p-block elements - group 13 study of diborane some important compounds of boron study of boron

Boron halides behave as Lewis acids because of their ________ nature.

  1. proton donor

  2. covalent

  3. electron deficient

  4. ionising
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C Correct answer
Explanation

According to Lewis, the compound which can accept a lone pair of electron, are called acids.
Boron halides, being electron deficient compounds, can accept a lone pair of electrons, so termed as Lewis acid.

Multiple choice chemistry the p-block elements - group 13 study of diborane some important compounds of boron study of boron

Diborane combines with ammonia at ${120}^{o}C$ to give:

  1. ${B} _{2}{H} _{6}.{NH} _{3}$
  2. ${B} _{2}{H} _{6}.2{NH} _{3}$
  3. ${B} _{2}{H} _{6}.3{NH} _{3}$

  4. none of the above
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Diborane combines with ammonia to form a borazine.

${ B } _{ 2 }{ H } _{ 6 }+2N{ H } _{ 3 }\rightarrow { B } _{ 2 }{ H } _{ 6 }.2N{ H } _{ 3 }$
The reaction proceeds further to form inorganic benzene.
$2{ B } _{ 2 }{ H } _{ 6 }.2N{ H } _{ 3 }\rightarrow 2{ B } _{ 3 }{ N } _{ 3 }{ H } _{ 6 }+12{ H } _{ 2 }$
Here, ${ B } _{ 3 }N _{ 3 }{ H } _{ 6 }$ is inorganic benzene.

Multiple choice chemistry the p-block elements - group 13 study of diborane some important compounds of boron study of boron

Number of terminal hydrogen atoms present in diborane?

  1. 2

  2. 4

  3. 6

  4. 8
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Diborane is an electron deficient molecule. The two boron atoms and the four terminal hydrogen atoms of the molecule are all in the same plane. These four terminal B -H bonds are regular 2-centered- 2 electron bonds. The bridging hydrogen atoms lie above and below this plane.

Hence option B is correct answer.

Multiple choice chemistry the p-block elements - group 13 study of diborane some important compounds of boron study of boron

Borazine is sometimes called inorganic benzene. Which of the following reactions is expected to give this compound?

  1. $B _{2}H _{6}+NH _{3} \xrightarrow [ excess\ { NH } _{ 3 } ]{ low\ tem } $
  2. $B _{2}H _{6}+NH _{3} \xrightarrow [ excess\ { NH } _{ 3 } ]{ high\ tem } $
  3. $B _{2}H _{6}+NH _{3} \xrightarrow [ ratio\ 2\ { NH } _{ 3 }:1{ B } _{ 2 }{ H } _{ 6 } ]{ high\ tem } $
  4. $All\ of\ these$
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C Correct answer
Explanation
Borazine is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula ${ (BH } _{ 3 }{ )(NH } _{ 3 })$ In this cyclic compound, the three BH units and three NH units alternate. The compound is isoelectronic and isostructural with benzene. Like benzene, borazine is a colourless liquid. For this reason, borazine is sometimes referred to as "inorganic benzene"

Borazine is synthesized from diborane and ammonia in a 1:2 ratio at 250–300 °C with a conversion of 50%.

$3B _2H _6 + 6NH _3 \rightarrow 2B _3H _6N _3 + 12H _2$

Multiple choice chemistry the p-block elements - group 13 study of diborane some important compounds of boron study of boron

$BCl _3+LiAlH _4\rightarrow A+LiCl+AlCl _3$
$A+H _2O\rightarrow B+H _2$
$B\rightarrow C$.
in this reaction sequence A, B, and C compounds respectively are?

  1. $B _2H _6,B _2O _3,B$
  2. $B _2H _6,H _3BO _3,B _2O _3$
  3. $B _2H _6,H _3BO _3,B$
  4. $HBF _4,H _3BO _3,B _2O _3$
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The reactions given are,

$LiAlH _4 + BCl _3 \rightarrow B _2H _6 + LiCl + AlCl _3$
Hence A is $B _2H _6$

Now, second reaction is,
$B _2H _6 +H _2O \rightarrow H _3BO _3 +H _2$
Hence B is $H _3BO _3$

On heating B i.e. $H _3BO _3$ we get $B _2O _3$

Multiple choice chemistry the p-block elements - group 13 study of diborane some important compounds of boron study of boron

$B _2H _6 + NH _3 \rightarrow$ Addition compound $(X)$
$(X) \overset{450K}{\rightarrow} Y + Z(g)$
In the above sequence $Y$ and $Z$ are respectively:

  1. borazine, $H _2O$
  2. boron, $H _2$
  3. boron nitride, $H _2$

  4. borazine and hydrogen
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D Correct answer
Explanation

$B _2H _6+2NH _3 \longrightarrow \underset {(X)}{B _2H _62NH _3}$

$3B _2H _62NH _3\xrightarrow[]{450K}\underset {(Y)}{2B _3N _3H _6}+\underset {(Z)}{3H _2}$
$(Y)$ & $(Z)$ are borazine and $H _2$ respectively.

Multiple choice chemistry the p-block elements - group 13 study of diborane some important compounds of boron study of boron

The product obtained when one mole of diborane reacts with two mole of $NH _3 $ at high temperature ?

  1. $B _2H _6.2NH _3 $
  2. $B _3N _3H _6 $
  3. $(BN) _x $
  4. $ [BH _2 (NH _3) _2]^ + BH _4^- $
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B Correct answer
Explanation
Diborane react with ammonia
$3B _2H _6 + 6NH _3 → 2B _3N _3H _6 + 12H _2$
So the ratio of combination of $B _2H _6$ and $NH _3$ is $1:2$
Hence option B is correct answer.
Multiple choice chemistry the p-block elements - group 13 study of diborane some important compounds of boron study of boron

On hydrolysis, diborane produces:

  1. ${ H } _{ 3 }BO _{ 2 }+H _{ 2 }{ O } _{ 2 }$
  2. ${ H } _{ 3 }BO _{ 3 }+H _{ 2 }$
  3. $B _{ 2 }O _{ 3 }+{ O } _{ 2 }$
  4. $H _{ 3 }BO _{ 3 }+{ H } _{ 2 }{ O } _{ 2 }$
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B Correct answer
Explanation
Diborane react with water to give following products,
$B _2H _6 + 6H _2O → 2H _3BO _3 + 6H _2$
Hence option $B$ is correct answer.
Multiple choice chemistry the p-block elements - group 13 study of diborane some important compounds of boron study of boron

Diborane is:

  1. electron-sufficient

  2. electron-deficient

  3. electron-donor

  4. none
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Diborane is electron-deficient i.e, there are not enough valence electrons to form the expected number of covalent bonds. For example, in diborane, there are only 12 electrons, three from each boron atoms and six from hydrogen, while ethane possesses 14 such electrons.