As a superbase, potassium hydride is more basic than sodium hydride. It is used to deprotonate certain carbonyl compounds to give enolates. It also deprotonates amines to give the corresponding amides of the type KNHR and KNR 2.

Application

Potassium Hydride is used to deprotonate certain carbonyl compounds to give enolates. It also deprotonates amines to give the corresponding amides. It is also used in cyclization, condensation, rearrangement, elimination and reducing reactions.