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Substance Name: Sodium borohydride
RN: 16940-66-2
UNII: 87L0B9CPPA
InChIKey: YOQDYZUWIQVZSF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Molecular Formula

  • B-H4.Na

Molecular Weight

  • 37.8326
 
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Names and Synonyms

Name of Substance

  • Sodium borohydride

Synonyms

  • Borate(1-), tetrahydro-, sodium
  • Borohydrure de sodium
  • Borohydrure de sodium [French]
  • Borol
  • CCRIS 8892
  • EC 241-004-4
  • EINECS 241-004-4
  • Hidkitex DF
  • HSDB 699
  • Sodium borohydrate
  • Sodium borohydride
  • Sodium borohydride (Na(BH4))
  • Sodium hydroborate
  • Sodium tetrahydridoborate(1-)
  • Sodium tetrahydroborate
  • Sodium tetrahydroborate(1-)
  • UNII-87L0B9CPPA

Systematic Names

  • Borate(1-), tetrahydro-, sodium
  • Borate(1-), tetrahydro-, sodium (1:1)
  • Sodium tetrahydroborate

Superlist Names

  • Sodium borohydride
  • Sodium borohydride [UN1426] [Dangerous when wet]
  • UN1426

Registry Numbers

CAS Registry Number

  • 16940-66-2

FDA UNII

  • 87L0B9CPPA

Other Registry Numbers

  • 1303-74-8
  • 13034-02-1
  • 2004653-69-2
  • 24917-15-5
  • 29158-40-5

System Generated Number

  • 0016940662

Molecular Formulas

Molecular Formula

  • B-H4.Na

Molecular Formula Fragments

  • B-H4
  • COMPONENT
  • Na

Structure Descriptors

InChI

1S/BH4.Na/h1H4;/q-1;+1

InChIKey

YOQDYZUWIQVZSF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Smiles

[Na+].[BH3-]

Toxicity

Organism Test Type Route Reported Dose (Normalized Dose) Effect Source
mouse LCLo inhalation 9mg/m3 (9mg/m3) SENSE ORGANS AND SPECIAL SENSES: OTHER: EYE

LUNGS, THORAX, OR RESPIRATION: STRUCTURAL OR FUNCTIONAL CHANGE IN TRACHEA OR BRONCHI

BEHAVIORAL: CONVULSIONS OR EFFECT ON SEIZURE THRESHOLD		 "Spravochnik po Toksikologii i Gigienicheskim Normativam Vol. -, Pg. 177, 1999.
mouse LD50 oral 50mg/kg (50mg/kg) LUNGS, THORAX, OR RESPIRATION: STRUCTURAL OR FUNCTIONAL CHANGE IN TRACHEA OR BRONCHI

SENSE ORGANS AND SPECIAL SENSES: OTHER: EYE

BEHAVIORAL: CONVULSIONS OR EFFECT ON SEIZURE THRESHOLD		 "Spravochnik po Toksikologii i Gigienicheskim Normativam Vol. -, Pg. 177, 1999.
mouse LDLo intraperitoneal 18mg/kg (18mg/kg)   "Boron, Metallo-Boron Compounds and Boranes," Adams, R.M., ed., New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1964Vol. -, Pg. 693, 1964.
rabbit LD50 oral 50mg/kg (50mg/kg) BEHAVIORAL: CONVULSIONS OR EFFECT ON SEIZURE THRESHOLD

SENSE ORGANS AND SPECIAL SENSES: OTHER: EYE

LUNGS, THORAX, OR RESPIRATION: STRUCTURAL OR FUNCTIONAL CHANGE IN TRACHEA OR BRONCHI		 "Spravochnik po Toksikologii i Gigienicheskim Normativam Vol. -, Pg. 177, 1999.
rabbit LD50 skin 230mg/kg (230mg/kg) SENSE ORGANS AND SPECIAL SENSES: OTHER: EYE

LUNGS, THORAX, OR RESPIRATION: STRUCTURAL OR FUNCTIONAL CHANGE IN TRACHEA OR BRONCHI

BEHAVIORAL: CONVULSIONS OR EFFECT ON SEIZURE THRESHOLD		 "Spravochnik po Toksikologii i Gigienicheskim Normativam Vol. -, Pg. 177, 1999.
rabbit LDLo intraperitoneal 60mg/kg (60mg/kg)   "Boron, Metallo-Boron Compounds and Boranes," Adams, R.M., ed., New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1964Vol. -, Pg. 693, 1964.
rabbit LDLo subcutaneous 300mg/kg (300mg/kg) LUNGS, THORAX, OR RESPIRATION: STRUCTURAL OR FUNCTIONAL CHANGE IN TRACHEA OR BRONCHI

SENSE ORGANS AND SPECIAL SENSES: OTHER: EYE

BEHAVIORAL: CONVULSIONS OR EFFECT ON SEIZURE THRESHOLD		 "Spravochnik po Toksikologii i Gigienicheskim Normativam Vol. -, Pg. 177, 1999.
rat LC50 inhalation 36mg/m3 (36mg/m3) BEHAVIORAL: CONVULSIONS OR EFFECT ON SEIZURE THRESHOLD

LUNGS, THORAX, OR RESPIRATION: STRUCTURAL OR FUNCTIONAL CHANGE IN TRACHEA OR BRONCHI

SENSE ORGANS AND SPECIAL SENSES: OTHER: EYE		 "Spravochnik po Toksikologii i Gigienicheskim Normativam Vol. -, Pg. 177, 1999.
rat LD50 intraperitoneal 18mg/kg (18mg/kg)   AMA Archives of Industrial Health. Vol. 17, Pg. 124, 1958.
rat LD50 oral 162mg/kg (162mg/kg) BEHAVIORAL: CONVULSIONS OR EFFECT ON SEIZURE THRESHOLD

SENSE ORGANS AND SPECIAL SENSES: OTHER: EYE

LUNGS, THORAX, OR RESPIRATION: STRUCTURAL OR FUNCTIONAL CHANGE IN TRACHEA OR BRONCHI		 "Spravochnik po Toksikologii i Gigienicheskim Normativam Vol. -, Pg. 177, 1999.
rat LD50 subcutaneous 177mg/kg (177mg/kg) BEHAVIORAL: CONVULSIONS OR EFFECT ON SEIZURE THRESHOLD

SENSE ORGANS AND SPECIAL SENSES: OTHER: EYE

LUNGS, THORAX, OR RESPIRATION: STRUCTURAL OR FUNCTIONAL CHANGE IN TRACHEA OR BRONCHI		 "Spravochnik po Toksikologii i Gigienicheskim Normativam Vol. -, Pg. 177, 1999.