borohydride

9.9

A chemical containing BH4− used to make other chemicals gain hydrogen

noun
/ˌbɔːroʊˈhaɪdraɪd/

Specialized

: borohidruro

To achieve high storage capacity at low weight requires strong chemical bonds between hydrogen and light-atom host materials in stable compounds, such as lithium borohydride (LiBH4).
sodium borohydride

Examples

So those reagents are lithium, aluminum hydride, sodium borohydride, which can reduce an alcohol to put the H on there.
In further tests, known weights of antimony in hydrochloric acid solutions were converted to stibine gas by the addition of alkaline solutions of sodium borohydride.

Academic text (1995)
Sodium borohydride is commonly used as a reducing agent in organic synthesis reactions.
The laboratory used borohydride to reduce the chemical compounds, leading to successful results.
Chemists often prefer borohydride for its effectiveness in hydrogenation processes.

How Reactive

calcium hydride

Specialized

7.1

borohydride

Specialized

9.9

Surface Forms

borohydride singular

borohydrides plural

Morphology

borohydride = hydride (opaque) = boro + hydride + boro

The combining form 'boro-' is a specialized chemical element indicator and 'hydride' is technical; an average B1 learner would not be able to derive the meaning from the parts.

Etymology

Borohydride joins boro-, from the element boron, and hydride, from hydrogen meaning 'hydrogen part'. So a borohydride is a compound of boron and hydrogen, and chemists use it to add hydrogen to other chemicals during reactions.