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632287

Sigma-Aldrich

VenPure® SF

powder

Synonym(s):

Sodium borohydride, Sodium tetrahydridoborate

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Linear Formula:
NaBH4
CAS Number:
16940-66-2
Molecular Weight:
37.83
EC Number:
241-004-4
MDL number:
MFCD00003518
UNSPSC Code:
26111700
PubChem Substance ID:
24882317
NACRES:
NA.22

form

powder

Quality Level

200

reaction suitability

reagent type: reductant

mp

>300 °C (dec.) (lit.)

SMILES string

[BH4-].[Na+]

InChI

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

InChI key

YOQDYZUWIQVZSF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

VenPure® SF (Sodium borohydride powder) is a mild reducing agent used in the reduction of aldehydes and ketones to their corresponding alcohols. It is generally inert to other functional groups such as epoxides, esters, nitriles and lactones. Along with carboxylic acid, it forms acyloxyborohydride, which is a versatile reducing agent to reduce indoles, quinolones, imines, enamines, oximes and enamides.

Legal Information

VenPure is a registered trademark of Ascensus Specialties LLC

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H260,H301,H314,H360FD

Hazard Classifications

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

Supplementary Hazards

EUH014

Storage Class Code

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

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

Regulatory Listings

Regulatory Listings are mainly provided for chemical products. Only limited information can be provided here for non-chemical products. No entry means none of the components are listed. It is the user’s obligation to ensure the safe and legal use of the product.

PRTR

Class I Designated Chemical Substances

FSL

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

ISHL Notified Names

Substances Subject to be Notified Names

JAN Code

632287-500G:
632287-100G:
632287-BULK:
632287-2KG:
632287-VAR:

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Lot/Batch Number
STBK2596
STBJ9476
STBJ4017
STBH9968
STBH8859

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Sodium borohydride in carboxylic acid media: a phenomenal reduction system.
Gribble G W
Chemical Society Reviews, 27(6), 395-404 (1998)
Sodium borohydride.
Banfi L, et al.
e-EROS Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis., 1-13 (2014)
Forty years of hydride reductions.
Brown H C and Krishnamurthy S
Tetrahedron, 35(5), 567-607 (1979)
Aldwin Suryo Rahmanto et al.
Free radical biology & medicine, 53(6), 1308-1316 (2012-08-14)
Singlet oxygen ((1)O(2)) is a reactive oxygen species generated during photo-oxidation, inflammation, and via peroxidase-catalyzed reactions (e.g., myeloperoxidase and eosinophil peroxidase). (1)O(2) oxidizes the free amino acids Trp, Tyr, His, Cys, and Met, and those species present on peptides/proteins, with
Meganne L Christian et al.
ACS nano, 6(9), 7739-7751 (2012-08-10)
Owing to its high storage capacity (10.8 mass %), sodium borohydride (NaBH(4)) is a promising hydrogen storage material. However, the temperature for hydrogen release is high (>500 °C), and reversibility of the release is unachievable under reasonable conditions. Herein, we
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