History
Alkali metal borohydrides were described in 1940 by Hermann Irving Schlesinger and Herbert C. Brown. They synthesized lithium borohydride (LiBH4) from diborane (B2H6):
- 2MH + B2H6 → 2M (M = Li, Na, K, etc.)
Current methods involve reduction of trimethylborate with sodium hydride.
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