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Title: Procedure for the destruction and disposal of sodium cyanoborohydride
Post by: zuriel on January 21, 2018, 08:19:09 AM

Hi all,

Does anyone have details on any robust procedures for the safe destruction and disposal of sodium cyanoborohydride? I have an old bottle of it in my lab which I never used. At this stage it's not even a free flowing solid anymore but rather one dark brown congealed glassy solid. I'd estimate that there's about 10 g of it there.

Thanks!

Title: Re: Procedure for the destruction and disposal of sodium cyanoborohydride
Post by: chenbeier on January 22, 2018, 03:36:42 AM

Under a good hood I would use an alkallne permanganate solution (1 g /l NaOH, 5 g/l KMnO4). To this solution stored in a beaker glass I would add slowly the sodium cyano borhydride.

It should be oxydised to cyanate OCN^- and borate BO₃^3-

Title: Re: Procedure for the destruction and disposal of sodium cyanoborohydride
Post by: zuriel on January 22, 2018, 05:14:57 AM

Thanks chenbeier. May I ask if you have a literature reference to this destruction procedure?