Triethyl borate

Triethyl borate is a colorless liquid with the formula B(OCH2CH3)3.

[1] It is a weak Lewis acid (AN = 17 as measured by the Gutmann–Beckett method).

[2] It burns with a green flame and solutions of it in ethanol are therefore used in special effects and pyrotechnics.

It is used as a solvent and/or catalyst in preparation of synthetic waxes, resins, paints, and varnishes.

It is used as a component of some flame retardants in textile industry and of some welding fluxes.

Triethyl borate molecule
Green flame of triethyl borate
Video of triethyl borate burning (with intermittent blowing on it)