How many molar equivalents of hydride does sodium borohydride contain?
1 Answer
Mar 9, 2016
1 mol of sodium borohydride contains 4 mol of hydride.
Explanation:
The borohydride reduction of an aldehyde or ketone involves the addition of two hydrogen atoms.
However, only one of the
We can write the major steps as
This is where 1 mol of
The hydrolysis with aqueous acid provides the proton on the