Technical Documents
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Scientific Manuscripts
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| No. | Product Name | Journal | Size | |
| 1 | Alkali Metals Plus Silica Gel: Powerful Reducing Agents and Convenient Hydrogen Sources |
JACS | 104 KB |  |
| 2 | Structures of Alkali Metals in Silica Gel Nanopores: New Materials for Chemical Reductions and Hydrogen Production |
JACS | 228 KB | |
| 3 | Alkali Metals in Silica Gel (M-SG): A New Reagent for Desulfonation of Amines |
Org. Lett. | 88 KB | |
| 4 | Alkali Metal in Silica Gel: A New Route To Access Derivatized Diarylphosphines |
Poster | 160 KB | |
| 5 | Stabilized Alkali Metals for Safer, Scalable Birch Reductions | Poster | 136 KB | |
| 6 | An Improved Bouveault-Blanc Ester Reduction with Stabilized Alkali Metals | JOC | 155 KB | |
| 7 | Making Chemical Reductions Safer | Manufacturing Chemist | 169 KB | |
| 8 | Ammonia-free Birch Reductions with Sodium Stabilized in Silica Gel, Na-SG(I) | Tet Lett | 1.6 MB | |
Experimental Guides
| No. | Product Name | Language | Size | PDF/Excel |
| 1 | Equivalents Calculator for Stage I M-SG | English | 136 KB |  |
| 2 | General Bouveault-Blanc (Ester Reduction) Procedure | English | 52 KB | |
| 3 | General Birch Reduction Procedure | English | 64 KB | |
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
The MSDS’s on signachem.com are the latest versions available for our products. All of the hazard and precautionary information in these MSDSs is current. When you purchase a product from SiGNa, your company will be sent an MSDS which is meant to replace the MSDS information found on this website.
| No. | Product Name | Language | Size | |
| 1 | Stage I Sodium-Silica Gel Powder | English | 136 KB | |
| 2 | Stage II Sodium-Silica Gel Powder | English | 128 KB | |
| 3 | Stage I Sodium-Potassium Alloy-Silica Gel Powder | English | 137 KB | |
| 4 | Sodium Silicide Powder | English | 68 KB | |
| 5 | Sodium Oxide-Alumina Isomerization Catalyst | English | 63 KB | |
Company Brochures
| No. | Brochure Title | Language | Size | PDF/Video |
| 1 | SiGNa Dissolving Metal Reductions | English | 132 KB | |
| 2 | SiGNa Heteroatom Deprotections | English | 164 KB | |
| 3 | SiGNa Alkali Metal Silica Gel Materials | English | 1.5 MB | |
| 4 | SiGNa H300 Hydrogen Generation Unit | English | 1.8 MB | |
| 5 | SiGNa E-bike Range Extender | English | 167 KB | |
| 6 | SiGNa Mobile Hydrogen Generation Unit | English | 1.0 MB | |
| 7 | SiGNa Solid Acid Catalyst | English | 678 KB | |
| 8 | Neat Sodium Metal Reaction With Water | English | 11.2 MB |  |
| 9 | SiGNa Sodium-Silica Gel Reaction with Water | English | 11.3 MB | |
SiGNa Spotlight
New Discoveries
Currently SiGNa is working on the next element in the alkali metal family, Lithium. A number of new discoveries have been made. Read More