Lithium triethylborohydride

<p>Lithium triethylborohydride is the <a href="/facts/Organoboron_compound/r6NQHXYt">organoboron compound</a> with the formula <a href="/facts/Lithium/7vXX6BWA">Li</a><a href="/facts/Ethyl_group/ydVhnBwD">Et3</a><a href="/facts/Borohydride/5zFNIPw7">BH</a>. Commonly referred to as LiTEBH or Superhydride, it is a powerful <a href="/facts/Reducing_agent/CtfSGVXC">reducing agent</a> used in <a href="/facts/Organometallic_chemistry/bhqFz2P0">organometallic</a> and <a href="/facts/Organic_chemistry/djxhxaNg">organic chemistry</a>. It is a colorless or white liquid but is typically marketed and used as a THF solution. The related reducing agent <a href="/facts/Sodium_triethylborohydride/CGtAuflT">sodium triethylborohydride</a> is commercially available as <a href="/facts/Toluene/Pzdt8dwD">toluene</a> solutions.
</p><p>LiBHEt3 is a stronger reducing agent than <a href="/facts/Lithium_borohydride/WkKBsUHJ">lithium borohydride</a> and <a href="/facts/Lithium_aluminium_hydride/QMMhdqEy">lithium aluminium hydride</a>.
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Lithium triethylborohydride