Mine Safety Appliances Company

Basf Se Corporation

Christopher P Sutton

Elizabeth R Burkhardt

David F Rouda

Joerg Bruening

Karl Matos

David H Ellenberger

Joseph A Corella, Ii

Alex J Attlesey

In a process for the accelerated reduction of organic substrates, selected from the group consisting of esters, amides, nitriles, acids, ketones, imines or mixtures thereof, they are reacted with an amine borane, sulfide borane or ether borane complex as a borane source in the presence of organic accelerator compounds containing either Lewis acidic or Lewis basic sites in their structure, of which the Lewis acidic site can coordinate with the carbonyl or nitrile or imine group of the substrate or the Lewis basic site can coordinate with the borane.

Accelerated amide and ester reductions with amine boranes and additives

Synthesis and isolation of metal alkoxides

A synthetic route for forming lithium trisubstituted borohydride compounds comprises the step of reacting a processed lithium hydride reactant with a trisubstituted borane wherein the reaction is maintained for a period of time in a temperature range of approximately 15&deg; C. to approximately 42&deg; C. A method of synthesizing LiH comprises the step of reacting an alkyl lithium (for example, n-butyl lithium) with hydrogen in the presence of tetrahydrofuran. The reaction temperature is preferably maintained in the range of approximately &minus;78&deg; C. to approximately 25&deg; C.

Method of synthesis of lithium substituted borohydride reagents and method of synthesis of reactive lithium hydride

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