Organolead hydrides preparation

Organolead hydrides are prepared from the reduction of organolead halides, usually the methyl and ethyl derivatives, by KBH4 or from the reduction of trialkyllead methoxides R3PbOCH3 (R = Me, Et, w-Pr, w-Bu) with B2H6. 

Organolead derivatives prepared in recent years by one or more of the above reactions are the azides 208>, cyanides 123>, fulminates 45>, arsinates 171), sulfides 104>, alkoxides 242>, peroxides 263>, amines 231>, and phosphines, arsines, and stibines 280-281) The alkoxide 105>, hydride 231> and amine 231> derivatives of organolead undergo reaction with various unsaturated organic compounds to form novel organolead compounds, many of which are not synthesizable by other methods. 

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