page_title: Borohydride
hierarchical_section_title: Borohydride
context_page_description: Borohydride refers to the anion BH−
  4 and its salts. Borohydride is also the term used for compounds containing BH
  4−ₙX⁻
  ₙ, for example cyanoborohydride and triethylborohydride. Borohydrides find wide use as reducing agents in organic synthesis. The most important borohydrides are lithium borohydride and sodium borohydride, but other salts are well known. Tetrahydroborates are also of academic and industrial interest in inorganic chemistry.
context_section_description: Borohydride refers to the anion BH−
  4 and its salts.  Borohydride is also the term used for compounds containing BH
  4−ₙX⁻
  ₙ, for example cyanoborohydride (B(CN)H⁻
  ₃) and triethylborohydride (B(C₂H₅)₃H⁻). Borohydrides find wide use as reducing agents in organic synthesis. The most important borohydrides are lithium borohydride and sodium borohydride, but other salts are well known (see Table). Tetrahydroborates are also of academic and industrial interest in inorganic chemistry.
caption: Ball-and-stick model of the borohydride anion, BH−
  4
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