Sodium Hydride is basically an alkali metal hydride with the empirical formula of NaH. This chemical compound is considered a strong base and is widely used in organic chemistry. Sodium hydride is also considered saline hydride or salt-like hydride because it is composed of Na+ and H- ions unlike the other molecular hydrides such as methane, ammonia, etc. It is highly insoluble in organic solvents and owing to this property all reactions involving NaH occur at the surface of the solid.