Heating of diborane with excess of ammonia to a high temperature yields

Heating of diborane with excess of ammonia to a high temperature yields
  1. borane
  2. diammoniate of borane
  3. borazine
  4. borone nitride

Solution

When diborane is heated with excess ammonia, it reacts with ammonia to form borazine and hydrogen.
"This reaction takes place at a high temperature of $180-190^{\circ} \mathrm{C}^{\prime \prime}$. This reaction of diborane and ammonia is considered to be highly complex in nature. Diborane is majorly used as rocket propellants and also as a reducing agent.
The chemical equation for the reaction is:
$\mathrm{B}_{2} \mathrm{H}_{6}+\mathrm{NH}_{3} ightarrow \mathrm{B}_{3} \mathrm{N}_{3} \mathrm{H}_{6}+\mathrm{H}_{2}$
The balanced equation for the reaction is:
$3 \mathrm{B}_{2} \mathrm{H}_{6}+6 \mathrm{NH}_{3} ightarrow 2 \mathrm{B}_{3} \mathrm{N}_{3} \mathrm{H}_{6}+12 \mathrm{H}_{2}$ ~

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