Lithium aluminium hydride

Lithium aluminum hydride is an inorganic compound. Its chemical formula is LiAlH₄. It is commonly abbreviated as LAH. It is a grey solid. It was discovered by Finholt, Bond and Schlesinger in 1947.^[1]

Properties[change | change source]

Lithium aluminium hydride is a colorless solid, but commercial samples are usually gray because of contamination.^[2] It can be purified by recrystallization from diethyl ether.^[2] It reacts violently with water.^[2] Some commercial samples contain mineral oil to stop reactions with moisture in the atmosphere.^[2]

Uses[change | change source]

Lithium aluminum hydride is used in organic chemistry as a reducing agent.^[2] Lithium aluminum hydride is most commonly used for the reduction of esters and carboxylic acids to primary alcohols.^[3]

References[change | change source]

↑ Finholt, A. E.; Bond, A. C.; Schlesinger, H. I. (1947). "Lithium Aluminum Hydride, Aluminum Hydride and Lithium Gallium Hydride, and Some of their Applications in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry 1". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 69 (5): 1199–1203. doi:10.1021/ja01197a061. ISSN 0002-7863.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Encyclopaedia of science & technology (2nd ed.). Claremont: New Africa Education. 2004. ISBN 1-86928-384-8. OCLC 238823160.
↑ "Preparation of Enantiomerically Pure α-N,N-Dibenzylamino Aldehydes: S-2-(N,N-Dibenzylamino)-3-Phenylpropanal". www.orgsyn.org. Retrieved 2020-09-19.

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[1] Finholt, A. E.; Bond, A. C.; Schlesinger, H. I. (1947). "Lithium Aluminum Hydride, Aluminum Hydride and Lithium Gallium Hydride, and Some of their Applications in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry 1". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 69 (5): 1199–1203. doi:10.1021/ja01197a061. ISSN 0002-7863.

[:0-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Encyclopaedia of science & technology (2nd ed.). Claremont: New Africa Education. 2004. ISBN 1-86928-384-8. OCLC 238823160.

[3] "Preparation of Enantiomerically Pure α-N,N-Dibenzylamino Aldehydes: S-2-(N,N-Dibenzylamino)-3-Phenylpropanal". www.orgsyn.org. Retrieved 2020-09-19.

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