Question

What is Sodium Hydride and what are its uses?

Answer 1

Sodium hydride is a low molecular weight hydride with an empirical formula of `NaH`.

Explanation:

Sometimes the reagent is supplied as a 50-60% dispersion in mineral oil, which makes this reagent much easier to handle. See this site for usage.

The stuff that you make with `Bu^nLi` and `"TMEDA"` and `NaOBu^t` and dihydrogen gas (the so-called `"LICKOR reagent"`), is much more active than the commercially supplied reagent.