Sodium hydride is a highly flammable, and corrosive chemical compound with formula NaH and CAS number 7646-69-7. Contact with water will liberate hydrogen, possibly explosively, and may also produce carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide gases in the presence of carbon. Sodium hydride is primarily used as an extremely powerful base; it is capable of deprotonating phenols, pyrazoles sulfonium salts and many other very weak Bronsted acids. Flammable or Flammability refers to the ease at which a substance will ignite, causing fire or combustion. ... Corrosion is the destructive reaction of a metal with another material, e. ... ... A chemical formula (also called molecular formula) is a concise way of expressing information about the atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound. ... General Name, Symbol, Number sodium, Na, 11 Chemical series alkali metals Group, Period, Block 1, 3, s Appearance silvery white Atomic mass 22. ... General Name, Symbol, Number hydrogen, H, 1 Chemical series nonmetals Group, Period, Block 1, 1, s Appearance colorless Atomic mass 1. ... CAS registry numbers are unique numerical identifiers for chemical compounds, polymers, biological sequences and alloys. ... // Headline text Bold textBold textBold text:This article focuses on water as it is experienced in everyday life. ... General Name, Symbol, Number hydrogen, H, 1 Chemical series nonmetals Group, Period, Block 1, 1, s Appearance colorless Atomic mass 1. ... This article is concerned solely with chemical explosives. ... Carbon monoxide, chemical formula CO, is a colourless, odourless, flammable and highly toxic gas. ... Carbon dioxide is an atmospheric gas composed of one carbon and two oxygen atoms. ... A gas is one of the phases of matter. ... General Name, Symbol, Number carbon, C, 6 Chemical series nonmetals Group, Period, Block 14, 2, p Appearance black (graphite) colorless (diamond) Atomic mass 12. ... The common (Arrhenius) definition of a base is a chemical compound that either donates hydroxide ions or absorbs hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. ... Deprotonating is a chemistry term that refers to the removal of a hydrogen ion (a proton) from a molecule, forming the conjugate base. ... Phenol, also known under the old name carbolic acid, is a colorless crystalline solid with a typical sweet tarry odor. ... Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted (February 22, 1879-December 17, Danish physical chemist. ...

The solubility of sodium hydride in all common solvents is very low, it reacts at the surface only. Typically it is used in THF. If heated with Dimethyl sulfoxide it can react to form a DMSO soluble base. For instance it can be used to make sulfur ylids which in turn are used to convert ketones into epoxides. Also it is used in one synthesis of the dithioimidodiphosphinates which are an interesting class of acac like ligands in inorganic chemistry. Tetrahydrofuran, also known as THF, hydrofuran, oxolane, oxacyclopentane, or furanidine, is a heterocyclic organic compound. ... Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO, empirically C2H6OS), also known as methyl sulfoxide, dimethyl sulphoxide, dimethylsulfoxide, methylsulfinylmethane or sulfinylbismethane, is a sulfur-containing organic chemical compound. ... General Name, Symbol, Number sulfur, S, 16 Chemical series nonmetals Group, Period, Block 16, 3, p Appearance lemon yellow Atomic mass 32. ... A ketone is either the functional group characterized by a carbonyl group linked to two other carbon atoms or a compound that contains this functional group. ... A category of ethers, epoxides exist as an oxygen doubly bonded to two carbon groups. ...

Sodium hydride is sold by many chemical supply companys (such as Aldrich and ACROS) as a mixture of 60% sodium hydride (w/w) in mineral oil. Such a dispersion is much safer to handle than the pure solid. It is best to not consider sodium hydride as toxic, as while it is very corrosive to wet human tissues other than its corrosive effect it is not able to damage a human. Aldrich is the name of three places in the United States. ... For a list of biologically injurious substances, including toxins and other materials, as well as their effects, see poison. ...

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