▪ I. hydroborate, n. Chem.
(haɪdrəʊˈbɔəreɪt)
[f. hydro- + borate.]
= borohydride.
| 1950 Chem. Abstr. XLIV. 12392/1 (Index), Hydroborates. See such headings as Aluminium borohydride and Lithium borohydride. 1963 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. LXXXV. 2725/1 Among the numerous derivatives of boranes and hydroborate ions known there are no compounds reported to date containing an NO group directly attached to one of the boron atoms. 1964 R. M. Adams Boron vi. 373 While the latter name [sc. borohydride] belongs to the ferrocyanide type which has long been disapproved by the IUPAC, it has become so firmly established in American usage that it will be used interchangeably with hydroborate in this chapter. |
▪ II. hydroborate, v. Chem.
(haɪdrəʊˈbɔəreɪt)
[Back-formation from next.]
trans. To add a borane or other boron compound to (another compound) by hydroboration.
| 1961 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. LXXXIII. 2550/1 β-Pinene..was hydroborated internally in diglyme with sodium borohydride and boron trifluoride etherate. 1964 Kirk & Othmer Encycl. Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) III. 709 Dienes can be hydroborated utilizing diisoamylborane and diphenyldiborane. |
Hence ˌhydroboˈrating vbl. n.
| 1962 H. C. Brown Hydroboration i. 28 The treatment of internal acetylenes, such as 3-hexyne, with the theoretical quantity of hydroborating agent results in the formation of the corresponding trivinylborane. |