K-selectride
title: "K-selectride" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["borohydrides", "reducing-agents", "sec-butyl-compounds"] topic_path: "general/borohydrides" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-selectride" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
| ImageFile = K-selectride.svg | ImageSize = | ImageAlt = | IUPACName = | OtherNames = potassium Tri-sec-butylborohydride |Section1={{Chembox Identifiers | CASNo = 54575-49-4 | ChemSpiderID = 3509885 | EINECS = 259-241-7 | PubChem = 23712865 | UNII = 6HK5NKZ8D3 | StdInChI=1S/C12H27B.K/c1-7-10(4)13(11(5)8-2)12(6)9-3;/h10-12H,7-9H2,1-6H3;/q-1;+1 | StdInChIKey = NHYQAKNGPZLNOH-UHFFFAOYSA-N | SMILES = B-(C(C)CC)C(C)CC.[K+] |Section2={{Chembox Properties | C=12|H=28|B=1|K=1 | MolarMass = | Appearance = colorless solid (sold as a solution) | Density = | MeltingPt = | MeltingPt_notes = | BoilingPt = | BoilingPt_notes = | Solubility = }} |Section3={{Chembox Hazards | MainHazards = | FlashPt = | AutoignitionPt = }} K-selectride is the organoboron compound with the formula . It is the potassium salt of tri(sec-butyl)borohydride. The compound is sold as solution in THF. It is a strong reducing agent. Solutions are pyrophoric and highly reactive toward water and protic compounds. It is handled using air-free technique. It is produced by the reaction of tri(sec-butyl)borane with potassium hydride. The reagent is used to reduce ketones to alcohols.
Related compounds
- Lithium trisiamylborohydride
- Lithium triethylborohydride ("Super hydride")
- L-selectride
References
References
- (2001). "Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis".
- (2001). "Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis (EROS)".
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