Potassium borohydride, ACS – CAS 13762-51-1

Potassium borohydride (KBH4) can be used as a reducing agent for the synthesis of:
Copper nanoparticles by the reduction of copper salts; enantioselective allylic alcohols by the catalytic reduction of enones and ketones in the presence of chiral N,N′-dioxidescandium(III) complex catalyst ; Azoxybenzenes by the reduction of nitroarenes in the presence of phase transfer catalyst PEG-400 .
It can also be employed as a boron source in the nickel–boron alloy, which is electrodeposited on carbon fiber to improve catalytic graphitization of carbon.
Source of hydrogen, reducing agent for aldehydes, ketones, acid chlorides; foaming agent for plastics; Potassium borohydride is used as a selective reducing agent for ketones, aldehydes and acid chlorides. It is used as a precursor in the production of chloramphenicol, vitamin A, thiopenicol, atropine and scopolamine; it is used to prepare high dispersive copper nanoparticles by the chemical reduction method using potassium borohydride as a reducing agent