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The hydride reacts with the weak Bronsted acid releasing H 2. Hydrides such as calcium hydride are used as desiccants, i.e. drying agents, to remove trace water from organic solvents. The hydride reacts with water forming hydrogen and hydroxide salt. The dry solvent can then be distilled or vacuum transferred from the "solvent pot".
An electric discharge through hydrogen gas at low pressure (20 pascals) containing pieces of magnesium can produce MgH. [7] Thermally produced hydrogen atoms and magnesium vapour can react and condense in a solid argon matrix. This process does not work with solid neon, probably due to the formation of MgH 2 instead. [8]
Calcium hydride is the chemical compound with the formula CaH 2, an alkaline earth hydride. This grey powder (white if pure, which is rare) reacts vigorously with water, liberating hydrogen gas. CaH 2 is thus used as a drying agent, i.e. a desiccant. [2] CaH 2 is a saline hydride, meaning that its structure is salt-like. The alkali metals and ...
When not cooled below −5 °C (23 °F), copper hydride decomposes, to produce hydrogen gas and a mixture containing elemental copper: 2 CuH → xCu•(2-x)CuH + ½x H 2 (0 < x < 2) Solid copper hydride is the irreversible autopolymerisation product of the molecular form, and the molecular form cannot be isolated in concentration.
The reaction involves no changes in the oxidation state of the metal and can be viewed as splitting H 2 into hydride (which binds to the metal) and proton (which binds to the base). ML n x+ + base + H 2 ⇌ HML n (x-1)+ + Hbase + Such reaction are assumed to involve the intermediacy of dihydrogen complexes. Bifunctional catalysts activate H 2 ...
Lithium hydride is an inorganic compound with the formula Li H.This alkali metal hydride is a colorless solid, although commercial samples are grey. Characteristic of a salt-like (ionic) hydride, it has a high melting point, and it is not soluble but reactive with all protic organic solvents.
Potassium hydride, KH, is the inorganic compound of potassium and hydrogen. It is an alkali metal hydride. It is a white solid, although commercial samples appear gray. It is a powerful superbase that is useful in organic synthesis. It is sold commercially as a slurry (~35%) in mineral oil or sometimes paraffin wax to facilitate dispensing. [3]
The reaction with lithium hydride (in which the hydride ion is the Lewis base), forms sequentially LiBeH 3 and Li 2 BeH 4. [3] The latter contains the tetrahydridoberyllate(2-) anion BeH 2− 4. Beryllium hydride reacts with trimethylamine, N(CH 3) 3 to form a dimeric adduct with bridging hydrides. [11]