· Reducing agent for synthesis of PtNi intermetallic nanoparticle catalysts with electrocatalytic activity. · Reducing agent for preparation of vanadium nanoparticles (~7 nm) stabilized on activated carbon. Reagent for: · Preparation of lithium, sodium, and potassium boron monohydride complexes with tetramethylethylenediamine and pentamethyldiethylenetriamine. · Dehydrogenation reactions. · Tandem nucleophilic addition/C-C bond cleaving fragmentation reactions with cyclic vinylogous acyl triflates. · Preparation of coordinatively unsaturated pseudotetrahedral iron(II) precursors as precatalysts for the room-temperature hydrogenation of unsaturated hydrocarbons. · Substitution reactions. · Reducing agent for synthesis of PtNi intermetallic nanoparticle catalysts with electrocatalytic activity. · Reducing agent for preparation of vanadium nanoparticles (~7 nm) stabilized on activated carbon. Reagent for: · Preparation of lithium, sodium, and potassium boron monohydride complexes with tetramethylethylenediamine and pentamethyldiethylenetriamine. · Dehydrogenation reactions. · Tandem nucleophilic addition/C-C bond cleaving fragmentation reactions with cyclic vinylogous acyl triflates. · Preparation of coordinatively unsaturated pseudotetrahedral iron(II) precursors as precatalysts for the room-temperature hydrogenation of unsaturated hydrocarbons. · Substitution reactions.