Borohydride

Ball-and-stick model of the tetrahydroborate anion, [BH4]−

Borohydride refers to the anion [BH4]−, which is also called tetrahydridoborate, and its salts.[1] Borohydride or hydroborate is also the term used for compounds containing [BH4−nXn]−, where n is an integer from 0 to 3, for example cyanoborohydride or cyanotrihydroborate [BH3(CN)]− and triethylborohydride or triethylhydroborate [BH(CH2CH3)3]−. Borohydrides find wide use as reducing agents in organic synthesis. The most important borohydrides are lithium borohydride and sodium borohydride, but other salts are well known (see Table).[2] Tetrahydroborates are also of academic and industrial interest in inorganic chemistry.[3]

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  2. ^ Rittmeyer, P.; Wietelmann, U. "Hydrides". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a13_199. ISBN 978-3527306732.
  3. ^ Makhaev, V. D. (2000). "Borohydride". Russ. Chem. Rev. (69): 727–746. doi:10.1070/RC2000v069n09ABEH000580.