Consider the structure of diborane, choose the correct statement.

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4 bridging hydrogen atoms and boron lie in one plane and two terminal hydrogen atoms lie in a plane perpendicular to this Plane

2 boron atoms and 4 terminal hydrogen atoms lie in the same plane and 2 bridging hydrogen atoms lie in the perpendicular plane

all hydrogen atoms lie in one plane and boron atoms lie in a plane perpendicular to this plane

all the atoms are in the same plane

answer is B.

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Diborane is B₂H₆ and its structure is:

Write the structure of diborane and explain the nature of bonding in it. | Snapsolve

Four terminal hydrogen atoms forms covalent bonds with 2 B atoms and are present in one plane while two bridge hydrogen atoms form banana bonds (three centre electron pair bonds or bridge bonds or three centre two electrons bonds) present in different plane. Both planes are perpendicular to each other.

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