sodium boranuide

An inorganic compound, H4BNa, 37.834 g/mol. Melting point >400 °C (vacuum) (decomposes), density 1.07 @25 °C, as published.

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Identifiers

Molecular formula: H₄BNa
Molecular weight: 37.834 g/mol
Exact mass: 38.030375 g/mol
IUPAC name: sodium boranuide
SMILES: [BH4-].[Na+]
InChI: InChI=1S/BH4.Na/h1H4;/q-1;+1
InChIKey: YOQDYZUWIQVZSF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Measured properties

Published measurements, each with its source. Two readings of one property are both shown, in the units each used.

Melting Point: >400 °C (vacuum) (decomposes)measured · Lewis, R.J. Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials. 10th ed. Volumes 1-3 New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1999., p. 3049
Solubility: Soluble in "Cellosolve" ethermeasured · Lewis, R.J. Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials. 10th ed. Volumes 1-3 New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1999., p. 3233; Soluble in ammonia, amines, pyridine, dimethyl ether of diethylene glycol; insoluble in other ethers, hydrocarbons, alkyl chloridesmeasured · Lewis, R.J., Sr (Ed.). Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary. 13th ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1997., p. 1011; Solubility (wt/wt) in liquid ammonia, 104% at 25 °C; in ethylenediamine, 22% at 75 °C; in morpholine, 1.4% at 25 °C; in pyridine, 3.1% at 25 °C; in methanol, 16.4% at 20 °C (reacts); in ethanol, 4.0% at 20 °C (reacts slowly); in tetrahydrofuran, 0.1% at 20 °C; in diglyime, 5.5% at 20 °C; in dimethylformamide, 18.0% at 20 °Cmeasured · O'Neil, M.J. (ed.). The Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. 13th Edition, Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck and Co., Inc., 2001., p. 1537; Solubility (wt/wt) in water: 55% at 25 °C; 88.5% at 60 °Cmeasured · O'Neil, M.J. (ed.). The Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. 13th Edition, Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck and Co., Inc., 2001., p. 1537; Solubility in water, g/100ml at 25 °C: 55measured · reference compound database
Density: 1.074 at 68 °F (USCG, 1999) - Denser than water; will sinkmeasured · U.S. Coast Guard. 1999. Chemical Hazard Response Information System (CHRIS) - Hazardous Chemical Data. Commandant Instruction 16465.12C. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.; 1.074 g/cu cm (anhydrous material)measured · O'Neil, M.J. (ed.). The Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. 13th Edition, Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck and Co., Inc., 2001., p. 1537; 1.07 g/cm³measured · reference compound database; 1.07 @25 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
Refractive Index: INDEX OF REFRACTION: 1.542measured · Weast, R.C. (ed.) Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 69th ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press Inc., 1988-1989., p. B-129

Calculated properties

Derived from the structure, not from a sample; kept apart from the measurements above.

Molecular weight: 37.84 g/molcalculated · reference compound database; Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass: 38.0303746 Dacalculated · reference compound database; Mass of the most common isotopic form.
Polar surface area: 0 Å²calculated · reference compound database; Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity: 0calculated · reference compound database; A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors: 0calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors: 1calculated · reference compound database
logP: -4.4476calculated · chemistry engine; Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area: 0 Å²calculated · chemistry engine; Surface area from polar atoms; relates to how easily a molecule crosses membranes.
H-bond donors: 0calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can donate a hydrogen bond.
H-bond acceptors: 0calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds: 0calculated · chemistry engine; Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity: 11.334 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine; Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons: 0calculated · chemistry engine; Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness: 0.2383calculated · chemistry engine; Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

Na Sodium1 atom · 60.8% by mass
B Boron1 atom · 28.6% by mass
H Hydrogen4 atoms · 10.7% by mass

Percentages are of the molecular weight above, worked out the same way the molar mass calculator does it.

Structure

Heavy atoms, hydrogen excluded: 2
Total atoms, hydrogen included: 6
Rings: 0
Aromatic rings: 0
Stereocentres: 0
Formal charge: 0

The molecule in three dimensions

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Reactions it appears in

No documented reaction with a written procedure and a source involves sodium boranuide yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is sodium boranuide.

The sources also call it NaBH4, borohydrure de sodium, Sodium tetrahydridoborate(1-), Sodium borohydride (Na(BH4)), 87L0B9CPPA, Borate(1-), tetrahydro-, sodium, Borol, COLORSTRIP 2000, Hidkitex DF, HYDRIFIN, Sodium borohydrate, Sodium borohydride.

Structurally related

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Where these values came from

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What this page does not claim

Identifiers are copied from the source record, measured values are reported as published, and calculated values are marked as calculated. Nothing here is a hazard, purity or handling assessment — how the library is checked.