Description

Sodium Triethylborohydride is a highly reactive and versatile organoborohydride reagent, widely recognized for its powerful and selective reducing capabilities. Its primary value lies in its ability to function as a super-hydride donor, enabling efficient reductions of various functional groups under mild conditions. This makes it an indispensable tool for synthetic chemists in the pharmaceutical, agrochemical, and advanced materials sectors, particularly for the synthesis of complex organic molecules and fine chemicals.

Application

• Selective Carbonyl Reduction: Efficiently reduces aldehydes, ketones, and acid chlorides to their corresponding alcohols, often with high chemoselectivity.
• Pharmaceutical Intermediate Synthesis: A key reagent in the production of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), especially for stereoselective reductions and deprotection steps.
• Polymerization Catalyst & Co-catalyst: Used as a potent initiator or co-catalyst in Ziegler-Natta type polymerizations and other transition metal-catalyzed reactions.
• Hydroboration Agent: Employed in hydroboration reactions of alkenes and alkynes to generate organoborane compounds for further cross-coupling transformations.
• Dehalogenation and Deoxygenation: Effective for the reductive removal of halogen atoms or oxygen-containing functional groups in complex synthetic sequences.
• Asymmetric Synthesis: Utilized in conjunction with chiral ligands or complexes to achieve enantioselective reductions, critical for producing single-isomer drugs.

Basic Information

Product Name	Sodium Triethylborohydride
CAS No.	17979-81-6
Molecular Formula	C6H16BNa
Molecular Weight	121.99 g/mol
Synonyms	Sodium Triethylborohydride; Sodium Triethylhydroborate; Triethylborohydride Sodium Salt; Super-Hydride® (associated trade name); NaBEt3H; STEB; NSC 163022; Sodium Hydrogen Triethylborate
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Quality Control

Our Sodium Triethylborohydride is manufactured under stringent quality control protocols to ensure batch-to-batch consistency and high chemical purity. Each lot is analyzed to confirm identity, potency, and impurity profile. Certificates of Analysis (COA) detailing specifications such as assay, solvent content, and reactive hydride concentration are provided with every shipment to support your quality assurance and regulatory needs.

Storage

Preserve in a tightly closed container, protected from light. Due to its properties of being highly volatile, easily oxidized, and reactive with strong acids, this material must be stored under an inert atmosphere (argon or nitrogen) in a cool, dry, and well-ventilated area. Recommended storage temperature is 2-8°C. Keep away from heat, sparks, open flames, and incompatible materials.

Specification

Item	Specification
Appearance	Colorless to slightly yellow solution
Identification (IR)	Conforms
Assay (Titration)	≥ 1.0 M in Toluene/THF (or as specified)
Purity (NMR)	≥ 95%
Water Content (KF)	≤ 0.5%

Note: Specifications can be tailored. Please contact us for the detailed technical data sheet of a specific grade.