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".
== Synthesis ==
The compound was reported in 1926 by the chemists Alfred Stock and Erich Pohland by a reaction of diborane with ammonia.
Borazine is synthesized from diborane and ammonia in a 1:2 ratio at 250ā300 °C with a conversion of 50%.
3 B2H6 + 6 NH3 → 2 B3H6N3 + 12...