Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
In chemistry an oxoborane is any chemical compound containing a boron atom with a terminal oxygen atom. The compound class is of some relevance to academic research. The parent compound HBO itself called oxoborane together with derivatives FBO (fluorine) ClBO chlorine BrBO bromine HOBO (hydroxyl) and MeBO (methyl) have been detected in matrix isolation or in the gasphase at high temperature.