KnowraSodium borohydrideLinked fromLinked fromThe 8 pages that link to Sodium borohydride, each with the reason it gives.All 8Broader topic 2Compared with 6BoranesCompared with: It is a practical hydride donor, unlike many volatile or reactive boranes.Reducing agentBroader topic: Its hydride donation makes it a selective laboratory reducing reagent.DiboraneCompared with: It supplies hydride for reductions without requiring diborane’s highly reactive gas.Hydride transferBroader topic: Its selective carbonyl reductions are a standard laboratory use of hydride transfer.Sodium hydrideCompared with: Despite its name, it is a distinct reducing reagent, not a source of sodium hydride in ordinary synthesis.Tin(II) chlorideCompared with: It is a stronger, broader reducing reagent, unlike tin(II) chloride’s more selective applications.Lithium aluminium hydrideCompared with: It is less reactive and more selective than LiAlH₄ toward many functional groups.Lithium borohydrideCompared with: Replacing lithium with sodium changes mass, crystal behavior, and practical reducing properties.