Sodium tetraethylborate

Sodium tetraethylborate is a chemical compound consisting of sodium cations and tetraethylborate anions. It is a white crystalline solid, commonly used as a reagent in organic synthesis, particularly in the preparation of organoboron compounds.

Application:

Sodium tetraethylborate is primarily utilized as a source of boron in organic synthesis, serving as a precursor for the preparation of various organoboron compounds. It is commonly employed in Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions and other transformations involving boron-containing intermediates.

Articles:

- The use of sodium tetraethylborate for the derivatization and analysis of selenium containing compounds

Publication Date: January 1992

Steven Clark & Peter J. Craig

https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01243227

- Determination of organotin compounds in water by headspace solid phase microextraction with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry

Publication Date: Available online 24 December 2004

Chi-Chi Chou, Maw-Rong Lee

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2004.08.166

- Comparison of tetraethylborate and tetraphenylborate for selenite determination in human urine by gas chromatography mass spectrometry, after headspace solid phase microextraction

Publication Date: Available online 19 September 2009

D.C. Kapsimali, G.A. Zachariadis

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2009.09.022