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9.9 What characteristics do you expect from an electron-deficient hydride with respect to its structure and chemical reactions?

An electron-deficient hydride does not have sufficient electrons to form a regular bond in which two electrons are shared by two atoms e.g.,

B_{2} H_{6}, A I_{2} H_{6}

etc.
These hydrides cannot be represented by conventional Lewis structures. B2H6, for example, contains four regular bonds and two three centered-two electron bond. Its structure can be represented as:

Since these hydrides are electron-deficient, they have a tendency to accept electrons.

Hence, they act as Lewis acids.

$B_{2} H_{6} + 2 N M e \to 2 B H_{3} . N M e_{3}$
$B_{2} H_{6} + 2 C O \to 2 B H_{3} . C O$

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