Editing Hydride (section)

==Applications==
[[image:TTMSS.png|thumb|right|upright=0.9|[[Tris(trimethylsilyl)silane]] is an example of a hydride with a weak bond to H. It is used as a source of hydrogen atoms.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Thirty Years of (TMS)<sub>3</sub>SiH: A Milestone in Radical-Based Synthetic Chemistry |journal=Chemical Reviews|year=2018|volume=118|issue=14|pages=6516–6572|doi=10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00109|pmid=29938502|last1=Chatgilialoglu|first1=Chryssostomos|last2=Ferreri|first2=Carla|last3=Landais|first3=Yannick|last4=Timokhin|first4=Vitaliy I.|s2cid=49413857 }}</ref>]]
[[File:Katalysezyklus-Wilkinson.png|upright=1.7|right|thumb|Metal hydrides (e.g. H<sub>2</sub>RhCl(PPh<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub> derived from [[Wilkinson's catalyst]]) are intermediates in hydrogenation catalysis.]]

*Hydrides such as [[sodium borohydride]], [[lithium aluminium hydride]], [[diisobutylaluminium hydride]] (DIBAL) and [[super hydride]], are commonly used as [[reducing agent]]s in [[chemical synthesis]]. The hydride adds to an electrophilic center, typically unsaturated carbon.
*Hydrides such as [[sodium hydride]] and [[potassium hydride]] are used as strong [[Base (chemistry)|base]]s in [[organic synthesis]]. The hydride reacts with the weak [[Bronsted acid]] releasing H<sub>2</sub>.
*Hydrides such as [[calcium hydride]] are used as [[desiccant]]s, 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".
*Hydrides are important in storage battery technologies such as [[nickel-metal hydride battery]]. Various metal hydrides have been examined for use as a means of hydrogen storage for [[fuel cell]]-powered electric cars and other purposed aspects of a [[hydrogen economy]].<ref>{{Cite journal
| doi = 10.1021/cr030691s
| volume = 104
| issue = 3
| pages = 1283–1316
| title = Thermal Decomposition of the Non-Interstitial Hydrides for the Storage and Production of Hydrogen
| journal = Chemical Reviews
| date = 2004-03-01
| pmid = 15008624
| last1 = Grochala
| first1 = Wojciech
| last2 = Edwards
| first2 = Peter P.
}}</ref>
* Hydride complexes are catalysts and catalytic intermediates in  a variety of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalytic cycles. Important examples include [[hydrogenation]], [[hydroformylation]], [[hydrosilylation]], [[hydrodesulfurization]] catalysts. Even certain enzymes, the [[hydrogenase]], operate via hydride intermediates. The energy carrier [[nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide]] reacts as a hydride donor or hydride equivalent.