Potassium borohydride CAS-Nr.[13762-51-1]
Solub. in water (25 degrees) : 190g/L
Used for preperation of polyfluoro diketones / and for an unusual synthesis of ethers from aliphatic ketones / Reagent for the preperation of many Potassium-indolylborates and their metal complexes.
Sodium borohydride CAS-Nr.[16940-66-2]
Sulub. in water (25 degrees) : 550g/L (slow decomposition)
Reducing agent for aldehydes, ketones, quinones etc. auxiliary in ther determination of hydride formers by ASS.
The Merck catalogue tells nothing about using KBH4 as a versatile reducing agent, but i need to give it a try since NaBH4 has the toxic symbol and therefore is impossible to obtain (at least for me).
-Le Vogue
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