Sodium Hydride CAS 7646-69-7
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Name: Sodium Hydride
CAS: 7646-69-7
MOQ: 1KG
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Chemical Structure
Basic Info:
| Melting point | 800 °C (dec.) (lit.) |
| density | 1.2 |
| Fp | 185°C |
| storage temp. | Store below +30°C. |
| solubility | Soluble in molten sodium. Insoluble in ammonia, carbon disulfide and all organic solvents. |
Product Introduction:
Sodium Hydride is typically a white or light gray crystalline powder with high water absorbing capabilities that is often highly reactive to atmospheric moisture vapor, reacting with it to form sodium hydroxide while simultaneously liberating hydrogen gas. With an melting point of 800degC and decompose point at 800degC it becomes insoluble for use as liquid ammonia, benzene carbon disulfide or even liquid sodium hydroxide; making it particularly hazardous when exposed to air conditions.
Sodium Hydride is an extremely strong reducing agent that reacts with various metals to form metal hydrides while simultaneously reducing nonmetallic oxides. Furthermore, sodium Hydride undergoes substitution reactions with organic compounds like aldehydes, ketones, and esters to form hydrides while it also reacts with bromides and iodides to form their respective hydrides – this makes sodium Hydride essential in chemical synthesis and reduction reactions.
In organic synthesis, sodium Hydride is often employed to neutralise acidic and hard alkaline compounds – particularly carboxylic acids and amides – by neutralisation with strong bases such as water. Furthermore, its uses range from densifying rubber and plastic materials through densifier preparation for densifier preparation; densifying catalyst development for corrosion inhibitor production to material preparation of rust inhibitor catalysts as rust inhibiting agents rust inhibitant catalyst preparation battery materials production solvent production etc.
Due to its extreme reactivity, sodium Hydride needs to be stored under an inert gas system or cooling system in order to be safely handled and stored. Being highly reactive material it has the ability to spontaneously ignite when exposed to air; when coming into contact with water it produces violent exothermic reaction resulting in toxic hydrogen gas being released which necessitates proper safety precautions when handling.
Sodium Hydride can ignite spontaneously in humid air when heated or exposed to moisture or acidic environments; when exposed to moisture or acids it releases heat and hydrogen that leads to combustion and explosions. When reacting with oxidants such as oxygen it generates hydroxides that are extremely corrosive resulting in further combustion or explosion.
Nature and Specifications:
| Item | Specification |
| Product Name | Sodium Hydride |
| CAS No. | 7646-69-7 |
| Appearance | Powder |
| Shelf Life | 2 years |
| Packing | As your requirements |
| form | powder (moistened with oil) |
| color | White to pale gray |
| Water Solubility | REACTS |
| Sensitive | Air & Moisture Sensitive |
| Merck | 14,8625 |
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NaH is an essential chemical reagent, widely utilized across numerous fields due to its strong reducing properties and hydrogen source properties.
1. Application in Organic Synthesis
Sodium Hydride plays an essential role in organic chemical synthesis, particularly reduction reactions. As an effective reducing agent, sodium hydride can transform oxygen-containing functional groups like aldehydes, ketones, and esters into alcohols; in addition, substitution reactions with organic halides generate alkanes as by-products; furthermore it’s also commonly employed for deacidification reactions which remove hydrogen from carboxylic acids or amides and promote hydrogenated compound synthesis.
2. Generating Metal Hydrides
Sodium Hydride has many applications in industrial settings for its ability to react with metals to form metal hydrides, with aluminum, sodium and lithium being particularly notable examples. Reacting with such metals as NaAlH4 produces metal hydrides used as reducing agents or catalysts for hydrogenation reactions which have wide application in organic synthesis as well as energy fields. Furthermore, reacting with other metals enables metal hydrides storage applications as well.
3. Rubber and Plastic Industries
Sodium Hydride is used as a densifier or cross-linking agent during the production of rubber and plastics, to facilitate polymerization reactions that increase stability and density of polymers. In rubber products, it catalyzes cross-linking reactions for stronger and more durable rubber products; and plastic processing applications use it to promote polymerization as well as modification for better plastic material performance.
4. Rust Prevention
Sodium Hydride plays an integral part in rust prevention. Reacting with water and oxygen, it forms sodium hydroxide which effectively removes any surface rust on metals such as steel and aluminum alloys in order to help prevent oxidation and corrosion of these metals.
5. Preparation of Catalysts
Sodium Hydride has long been used as an effective catalyst, particularly in hydrogenation reactions and petrochemical industries. In important hydrocracking reactions, sodium hydride plays an essential role as either an hydrogen source or catalyst to promote organic compound hydrogenation processes. When combined with other metals or metal compounds, sodium hydride creates effective catalysts used for such diverse tasks as petroleum processing or organic synthesis.
6. Hydrogen Storage Technology and Energy Applications
Due to Sodium Hydride’s ability to react with hydrogen to create metal hydrides, it offers great potential in hydrogen storage technology. As these metal hydrides absorb hydrogen when required and release it when desired, making an effective hydrogen storage material with many applications in hydrogen energy technology and energy storage applications. This unique property gives rise to significant application opportunities within hydrogen energy technologies as well as storage.
7. Laboratory and Chemical Reagents Sodium Hydride is an invaluable reagent used in chemical laboratories for both synthesis and reduction reactions, providing hydrogen as a source in various organic reactions such as producing alcohols or organic compounds. Furthermore, sodium Hydride plays an essential dehydrating agent role when used with anhydrous reagents in chemical reactions involving dehydration reactions.
8. Applications in other fields
In addition to its uses as described above, Sodium Hydride has applications across industries including electronics manufacturing and research; water treatment processes; acid removal from drinking water supplies and pH adjustment of tap water sources; as a reducing agent in drug synthesis as part of medical research projects; as well as participating in drug synthesis experiments as an electronic component.
1. Strong reducibility
Sodium Hydride is a very strong reducing agent that effectively reduces many organic and inorganic compounds. In organic synthesis, it can reduce aldehydes, ketones, esters and other compounds to the corresponding alcohols, and is a key reagent in many reduction reactions.
2. Hydrogen supply capacity
Sodium Hydride can react with a variety of compounds to release hydrogen, which is used as a hydrogen source in various hydrogenation reactions. It can not only be used in hydrogenation reaction in organic synthesis, but also widely used in the preparation of metal hydrides and hydrogen storage technology. The hydrogen it provides can help reduce the use of other reducing agents and improve the efficiency of the reaction.
3. Efficient removal of acid and water
Sodium Hydride performs well in deacidizing and dehydrating reactions. It can effectively remove acidic substances in organic compounds, such as carboxylic acids and amides. As a strong alkaline substance, it can quickly neutralize acidic impurities and improve the purity of the reactants. It can also remove water from the reaction system, which is crucial in some chemical reactions, especially when preparing anhydrous reagents.
4. Wide applicability
Sodium Hydride is not only widely used in organic synthesis, but also plays an important role in the preparation of metal hydrides, synthesis of catalysts, modification of rubber and plastics, metal rust prevention and so on. It can react with a variety of metals, halides, aldehydes, ketones and other chemical substances, with high reactivity and applicability, widely used in industry and laboratory.
5. Efficient catalytic performance
Sodium Hydride also showed good results in catalytic reactions, especially in petrochemical and hydrogen-cracking reactions. As a part of hydrogen source or catalyst, it can effectively promote the hydrogenation reaction of organic matter, enhance the reaction efficiency and product quality. It can also play an important catalytic role in the synthesis of some metal hydrides.
6. Economy and availability
Sodium Hydride is relatively inexpensive to prepare and readily available on the market. This makes it a commonly used chemical agent in industry and the laboratory, especially in applications that require heavy use of reducing agents, and it provides an affordable option.
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