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  2. Sodium borohydride - Wikipedia

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    Sodium borohydride, also known as sodium tetrahydridoborate and sodium tetrahydroborate, [5] is an inorganic compound with the formula Na B H 4 (sometimes written as Na[BH 4]). It is a white crystalline solid, usually encountered as an aqueous basic solution .

  3. Benzoic acid - Wikipedia

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    Benzoic acid is cheap and readily available, so the laboratory synthesis of benzoic acid is mainly practiced for its pedagogical value. It is a common undergraduate preparation. Benzoic acid can be purified by recrystallization from water because of its high solubility in hot water and poor solubility in cold water. The avoidance of organic ...

  4. Carbonyl reduction - Wikipedia

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    Sodium borohydride can, under some circumstances, be used for ester reduction, especially with additives. [ 1 ] Forming aldehydes from carboxylic acid derivatives is challenging because weaker reducing agents (NaBH 4 ) are often very slow at reducing esters and carboxylic acids, whereas stronger reducing agents (LiAlH 4 ) immediately reduce the ...

  5. Cannizzaro reaction - Wikipedia

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    Under ideal conditions the reaction produces 50% of both the alcohol and the carboxylic acid (it takes two aldehydes to produce one acid and one alcohol). [5] This can be economically viable if the products can be separated and both have a value; the commercial conversion of furfural into furfuryl alcohol and 2-furoic acid is an example of this ...

  6. Clandestine chemistry - Wikipedia

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    The Multilateral Chemical Reporting Initiative encourages governments to exchange information on a voluntary basis in order to monitor international chemical shipments. [ 1 ] : 8–9 Over the past decade, key international bodies like the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the U.N. General Assembly's Special Session (UNGASS) have addressed the ...

  7. Neutralization (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    A weak acid cannot always be neutralized by a weak base, and vice versa. However, for the neutralization of benzoic acid (K a,A = 6.5 × 10 −5) with ammonia (K a,B = 5.6 × 10 −10 for ammonium), K = 1.2 × 10 5 >> 1, and more than 99% of the benzoic acid is converted to benzoate.

  8. Benzaldehyde - Wikipedia

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    Amygdalin 2 H 2 O HCN benzaldehyde 2 × glucose 2 × Benzaldehyde contributes to the scent of oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus). Reactions Benzaldehyde is easily oxidized to benzoic acid in air at room temperature, causing a common impurity in laboratory samples. Since the boiling point of benzoic acid is much higher than that of benzaldehyde, it may be purified by distillation. Benzyl ...

  9. Base (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    Scientists have developed two methods to measure the amount of basic sites: one, titration with benzoic acid using indicators and gaseous acid adsorption. [15] A solid with enough basic strength will absorb an electrically neutral acidic indicator and cause the acidic indicator's color to change to the color of its conjugate base. [ 15 ]