Sodium borohydride, also known as sodium tetrahydridoborate and sodium tetrahydroborate, is an inorganic compound with the formula NaBH4 (sometimes written...

Borohydride refers to the anion [BH4]−, which is also called tetrahydridoborate, and its salts. Borohydride or hydroborate is also the term used for compounds...

Unlike most other metal–borohydrides, which are ionic structures, aluminium borohydride is a covalent compound. Aluminium borohydride is formed by the reaction...

Lithium borohydride (LiBH4) is a borohydride and known in organic synthesis as a reducing agent for esters. Although less common than the related sodium...

Beryllium borohydride is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Be[BH4]2. Beryllium borohydride is formed by the reaction of beryllium hydride...

Uranium borohydride is the inorganic compound with the empirical formula U(BH4)4. Two polymeric forms are known, as well as a monomeric derivative that...

nonreactive with certain molten salts such as lithium fluoride, lithium borohydride, and sodium hydride. With a molar mass of 7.95 g/mol, it is the lightest...

Alternatively, a small amount of diborane product can be added to form lithium borohydride, which will decompose the fluoroborate and make the reaction autocatalytic...

Direct borohydride fuel cells (DBFCs) are a subcategory of alkaline fuel cells which are directly fed by sodium borohydride or potassium borohydride as a...

other borohydrides, it is used as a reducing agent in organic synthesis. This colourless salt is prepared by protonolysis of sodium borohydride with acetic...

in vacuum. Although not performed industrially, hydrolysis of sodium borohydride Na[BH4] with a suitable catalyst gives sodium metaborate and hydrogen...

informed that there was no longer a need for uranium borohydride, but it appeared that sodium borohydride could be useful in generating hydrogen. They began...

be isolated and reduced with a suitable reducing agent (e.g., sodium borohydride) to produce the final amine product. Intramolecular reductive amination...

For example, Na[BH3(CN)] is less reducing than its counterpart sodium borohydride, containing [BH4]−. Sodium cyanoborohydride is a mild reducing agent...

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be produced in the laboratory by reducing cyanocobalamin with sodium borohydride in alkaline solution, followed by the addition of methyl iodide. This...

wool, either as gas or from solutions of sodium dithionite, and sodium borohydride. Bleaches generally react with many other organic substances besides...

by controlled potential reduction, or chemical reduction using sodium borohydride in alkaline solution, zinc in acetic acid, or by the action of thiols...

process (see direct borohydride fuel cell) creates hydrogen as needed, but has other issues, such as the high price of the sodium borohydride that is the raw...

in THF. Alternatively, it can be prepared by the oxidation of sodium borohydride with iodine in THF. The complex can reduce carboxylic acids to alcohols...

camphorquinone . Camphor can also be reduced to isoborneol using sodium borohydride. In biosynthesis, camphor is produced from geranyl pyrophosphate, via...

which has been demonstrated through the application of either sodium borohydride or vitamin C. There are variations both in degree of cooking and in the...

reagents. Prominent among these reagents are the alkali metal salts of borohydrides and aluminium hydrides. In terms of reaction mechanism, metal hydrides...

with a green flame. It is an intermediate in the preparation of sodium borohydride and is a popular reagent in organic chemistry. It is a weak Lewis acid...

chemistry. Metallic sodium is used mainly for the production of sodium borohydride, sodium azide, indigo, and triphenylphosphine. A once-common use was...

require sodium borohydride as a stabilizer, which could result in undesired side reactions. In contrast, BH3·THF requires sodium borohydride to inhibit reduction...

catalysts are typically prepared by reacting a salt of nickel with sodium borohydride. The composition and properties vary depending on the specific preparation...

Nozaki-Hiyama reaction. Aldehydes or ketones are reduced with sodium borohydride or lithium aluminium hydride (after an acidic workup). Another reduction...

mild hydride-reducing agents, such as sodium borohydride, potassium borohydride, and lithium borohydride to dihydroartemisinin (a lactol) in over 90%...

behave as hydrogen-atom donors and act as acids. Hydrides such as sodium borohydride, lithium aluminium hydride, diisobutylaluminium hydride (DIBAL) and super...