Sodium borohydride ≥98%, powder
Supplier: MP BIOMEDICALS (FKA ICN BIOMED
Synonyms:
Sodium tetrahydridoborate, Sodium tetrahydroborate
Soluble in water. Reacts slowly with ethanol. Aqueous solutions are most stable in the presence of small amounts of NaOH (0.2% for a nearly saturated solution containing 44% sodium borohydride) and can be kept for several days. Solutions are rapidly decomposed by boiling.
Sodium borohydride is an excellent reducing agent. It is used to generate diborane, as a foaming agent, as a scavenger for traces of aldehyde, ketones and peroxides in organic chemicals. Nanocrystalline superlattices in gold colloid solution have been prepared by ligand-induction using AuCl3 reduced with sodium borohydride. Nucleophilic addition of hydride ion from sodium borohydride is an inexpensive alternative method for the Baylis-Hillman reaction to form [E]-α-methylcinnamic acids.
Formula:
NaBH₄ MW: 37.83 g/mol Melting Pt: 400 Flash Pt: 69 |
MDL Number:
MFCD00003518 CAS Number: 16940-66-2 UN: 1426 ADR: 4.3 I Merck Index: 13,08664 |
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