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| Sodium Hydride |
- Sodium hydride is also known as Sodium monohydride
- Sodium Hydride is a silver gray highly flammable and corrosive particle.
- It is a strong base and dangerous when wet.
- Sodium Hydride reacts violently with water forming flammable/explosive gas (hydrogen).
- Sodium hydride is sold in commerce as a 60% w/w dispersion form in mineral oil for safe handling.
- The solubility in organic solvents is very poor.
- It is dispersed in an inert solvents.
- It is not toxic, but it can cause severe eye and skin irritation with possible burns.
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| Molecular Formula |
NaH |
| Molecular Weight |
23.99 |
| CAS NO |
7646-69-7 |
| Appearance |
Silver gray particle |
| Melting Point |
300 C (slowly decomposes at 300 C, completely decompose at 800 C) |
| Specific Gravity |
1.2 |
- Sodium Hydride is used in organic and inorganic fine chemical synthesis as a powerful base.
- It can deprotonate weak Bronsted acids
- It is a strong base and dangerous when wet.
- It is used as a deprotonating agent for C-C and C-N condensations.
- It is used as an alkylation agent and a polymerization agent in making other chemical compounds.
- It is used as a drying agent.
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