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Diisobutylaluminum hydride solution

25 wt. % in toluene

Synonym(s):

DIBAL, DIBAL-H

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Linear Formula:
[(CH3)2CHCH2]2AlH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
142.22
Beilstein:
4123663
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352001
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

form

liquid

Quality Level

reaction suitability

reagent type: reductant

concentration

25 wt. % in toluene

density

0.846 g/mL at 25 °C

SMILES string

CC(C)C[AlH]CC(C)C

InChI

1S/2C4H9.Al.H/c2*1-4(2)3;;/h2*4H,1H2,2-3H3;;

InChI key

AZWXAPCAJCYGIA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Diisobutylaluminum hydride solution is a strong reducing agent used to convert arylpropiolate esters to their propargyl alcohols.

Diisobutylaluminum hydride reducing agent is commonly used for the reduction of an ester to aldehyde.

Application

Diisobutylaluminum hydride solution (25 wt. % in toluene) has been used for the reduction of imides:
  • N

  • -(cis-2-Vinylcyclohexyl)succinimide to 1-(cis-2-vinylcyclohexyl)-5-hydroxy-2-pyrrolidinone
  • N-(But-4-en-1-y1)-2(E)-(carbethoxymethylidene)-5-oxo-pyrrolidine to N-(but-4-en-1-yl)- 2(E)-(carbethoxymethylidene)-5-hydroxypyrrolidine
  • N-(Hept-1-en-4-y1)-2(E)-(carbethoxymethylidene)-5-oxo-pyrrolidine to N-(hept-1-en-4-y1)-2(E)-(carbethoxymethylidene)-5-hydroxypyrrolidine
  • N-(cis-2-Vinylcyclohexyl)-2-(carbethoxymethylidene)-5-oxopyrrolidine to rel-(3aR,SS,5aS,SaR)-1( E)-(carbethoxymethylidene)-5-(formyloxy)dodecahydropyrrolo[1,2-a]quinoline

Used in Pd-catalyzed reductive debromination of secondary alkyl bromides. O-Debenzylation and ring opening of perbenzylated furanosides. Convenient in situ generation of HZrCp2Cl from ZrCp2Cl2 and DIBAL-H.

Packaging

The 25 g Sure/Seal bottle is recommended as a single-use bottle. Repeated punctures will likely result in decreased performance of product.

Legal Information

Sure/Seal is a trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Chronic 3 - Asp. Tox. 1 - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Pyr. Liq. 1 - Repr. 2 - Skin Corr. 1B - STOT RE 2 Inhalation - STOT SE 3 - Water-react 1

Target Organs

Central nervous system

Supplementary Hazards

Storage Class Code

4.2 - Pyrophoric and self-heating hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

39.2 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

4 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Preparation of arylpropiolate esters from trichlorocyclopropenium cation and elaboration of the esters to unsymmetrical 1, 4-pentadiyn-3-ones and unsymmetrical tellurapyranones
Wadsworth, et al.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 52, 3662-3668 (1987)
Vinylogous N-acyliminium ion cyclizations: application to the synthesis of depentylperhydrogephyrotoxin.
Hart DJ
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 46(2), 367-373 (1981)
Chemoselective Reduction of Esters to Aldehydes by Potassium Diisobutyl-t-butoxyaluminum Hydride (PDBBA).
Chae MJ, et al.
Bull. Korean Chem. Soc., 28(12), 2517-2517 (2007)
J Marco-Contelles et al.
Carbohydrate research, 335(1), 63-70 (2001-09-13)
The reaction of DIBALH with bis(heteroannulated)-pyranosides containing the perhydrofuro[2,3-b]pyran moiety is described. The hydride attack at the anomeric carbon (C-9a) resulted in the exclusive tetrahydrofuran ring opening. The selectivity of this reaction has been evaluated as other benzylidene acetals built
Hidetsura Cho et al.
The Journal of organic chemistry, 75(3), 627-636 (2009-12-31)
A systematic investigation of the reductive ring-expansion reaction of cyclic ketoximes fused to aromatic rings with diisobutylaluminum hydride (DIBALH) is described. This reaction regioselectively afforded a variety of five- to eight-membered bicyclic heterocycles or tricyclic heterocycles containing nitrogen neighboring an

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