Chemistry: Atoms First (2nd Edition)

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1305079248
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-924-3

Chapter 19 - Exercises - Page 789b: 32

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Three-centered bonds, also known as banana bonds, occur in certain compounds where three atoms contribute electrons to form a bond. One example is found in boranes, such as diborane (B2H6), where two boron atoms and one hydrogen atom share electron pairs to form three-centered two-electron bonds.
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