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Lithium aluminum hydride

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powder, reagent grade, 95%

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Synonym(s):
LAH, Lithium alanate, Lithium tetrahydroaluminate
Linear Formula:
LiAlH4
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
37.95
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
26111700
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

grade

reagent grade

Quality Level

Assay

95%

form

powder

reaction suitability

reagent type: reductant

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125 °C (dec.) (lit.)

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SMILES string

[Li].[AlH3]

InChI

1S/Al.Li.4H/q-1;+1;;;;

InChI key

OCZDCIYGECBNKL-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Atomic number of base material: 3
In Europe, packaged and shipped in plastic bags. Bags are soluble at 45-60 °C in hydrocarbons, THF and dioxane.
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Application

Lithium aluminum hydride (LiAlH4) is an effective reducing agent that can be used in chemical synthesis to reduce esters, carboxylic acids, acyl chlorides, aldehydes, epoxides, and ketones into the corresponding alcohols. In addition, amide, nitro, nitrile, imine, oxime, and azide compounds are converted into amines.
LiAlH4 is a promising substance for hydrogen storage applications. Its properties include high gravimetric and volumetric hydrogen densities . It can also be used as a reducing agent in the preparation of reduced graphene oxide (rGO).

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Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1A - Water-react 1

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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Lithium Aluminum Hydride
Paquette LA, et al.
Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Second Edition (2001)
Synthesis and characterization of lithium aminoborohydrides: A new class of powerful reducing agents
Fisher GB, et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 33(32), 4533-4536 (1992)
Lithium aluminum hydride as reducing agent for chemically reduced graphene oxides
Ambrosi A, et al.
Chemistry of Materials, 24(12), 2292-2298 (2012)
Reversible hydrogen storage via titanium-catalyzed LiAlH4 and Li3AlH6
Chen J, et al.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 105(45), 11214-11220 (2001)
Regeneration of lithium aluminum hydride
Graetz J, et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130(52), 17790-17794 (2008)

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