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L-selectride
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<p>L-selectride is a <a href="/facts/Organoboron_compound/r6NQHXYt">organoboron compound</a> with the <a href="/facts/Chemical_formula/hghUtthl">chemical formula</a> Li[(CH3CH2CH(CH3))3BH]. A colorless salt, it is usually dispensed as a solution in THF. As a particularly basic and bulky <a href="/facts/Borohydride/5zFNIPw7">borohydride</a>, it is used for stereoselective reduction of ketones. </p>