The recycling of sodium borohydride poses a huge challenge to the drive towards hydrogen economy. Currently, mechano-chemical, thermo-chemical and electrochemical are only reported methods metaborate into borohydride. Much attention has been devoted mechano-chemical reduction, but little focus methods. This review describes behaviour (BH4−) (BO2−) anions in alkaline solutions. BH4− is stabilize...

Reduction of virginiamycin S with sodium borohydride produces allo- and normal-dihydro-virginiamycin S. Reduction of the tosylhydrazone of virginiamycin S with sodium cyanoborohydride affords deoxyvirginiamycin S. These compounds are less active than virginiamycin S. Like virginiamycin S they enhance the activity of virginiamycin M1.

Atomically ordered nickel carbide, Ni3C, was synthesized by reduction of nickel cyclopentadienyl (NiCp2) with sodium naphthalide to form Ni clusters coordinated by Cp (Ni-Cp clusters). Ni-Cp clusters were thermally decomposed to Ni3C nanoparticles smaller than 10 nm. The Ni3C nanoparticles showed better performance than Ni nanoparticles and Au nanoparticles in the electrooxidation of sodium bor...