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Sodium borohydride

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Synonym(s):

Sodium tetrahydridoborate

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Linear Formula:
NaBH4
CAS Number:
16940-66-2
Molecular Weight:
37.83
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
57647923
UNSPSC Code:
26111700
EC Number:
241-004-4
MDL number:
MFCD00003518
Assay:
99%
Form:
powder

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InChI key

YOQDYZUWIQVZSF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/BH4.Na/h1H4;/q-1;+1

SMILES string

[BH4-].[Na+]

product line

ReagentPlus®

assay

99%

form

powder

reaction suitability

reagent type: reductant

mp

>300 °C (dec.) (lit.)

Quality Level

300

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General description

Sodium borohydride, also known as sodium tetrahydridoborate, is a highly basic boron hydride that is commonly used as a reducing agent. It reacts very slowly with water and acts as a catalyst and stabilizer.

Application

Sodium borohydride can be used as a reducing agent for the:
  • Synthesis of cobalt (II, III) oxide (Co3O4) from cobalt chloride (CoCl2) via a co-reduction process.
  • Solvent-free reduction of aldehydes and ketones to alcohols in the presence of solid acid as an activator.
  • Reductive amination of carbonyl compounds to secondary amines in the presence of silica-gel-supported sulfuric acid as a catalyst.
  • Raney nickel-catalyzed reduction of aromatic nitro compounds to aromatic amines.

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Repr. 1B - Skin Corr. 1B - Water-react. 1

supp_hazards

EUH014

Storage Class

4.3 - Hazardous materials which set free flammable gases upon contact with water

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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Class I Designated Chemical Substances

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Group 3: Spontaneously combustible substances and water- reactive materials + Metal hydrides + Hazardous rank I + 1st spontaneously combustible materials and water reactive materials

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Substances Subject to be Indicated Names

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Substances Subject to be Notified Names

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213462-500G: + 213462-BULK: + 213462-25G: + 213462-VAR: + 213462-100G:

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Lot/Batch Number
SDBB5395
SDBB3092
STBL4416
STBL4781
STBL3525

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Magnetic Co 3 O 4/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite as a superior heterogeneous catalyst for one-pot oxidative esterification of aldehydes to methyl esters
Vineeta P,et al.
Royal Society of Chemistry Advances, 5, 88567-88573 (2015)
Sodium borohydride versus ammonia borane, in hydrogen storage and direct fuel cell applications
Umit DB,et al.
Energy & Environmental Science, 2, 627-637 (2009)
Dinesh Bhalothia et al.
Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 9(7) (2019-07-25)
Herein, ternary metallic nanocatalysts (NCs) consisting of Au clusters decorated with a Pt shell and a Ni oxide core underneath (called NPA) on carbon nanotube (CNT) support were synthesized by combining adsorption, precipitation, and chemical reduction methods. By a retrospective
Kinetics of Ru-catalyzed sodium borohydride hydrolysis
JS Z,et al.
Journal of Power Sources, 164, 772-781 (2007)
Nicholas A Harris et al.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 38(42), 8922-8942 (2018-08-29)
Stress is a precipitating agent in neuropsychiatric disease and initiates relapse to drug-seeking behavior in addicted patients. Targeting the stress system in protracted abstinence from drugs of abuse with anxiolytics may be an effective treatment modality for substance use disorders.
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