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Lithium aluminum hydride

pellets, reagent grade, 95%

• Synonym(s): LAH, Lithium alanate, Lithium tetrahydroaluminate
• Linear Formula: LiAlH₄
• CAS Number: 16853-85-3
• Molecular Weight: 37.95
• EC Number: 240-877-9
• MDL number: MFCD00011075
• UNSPSC Code: 26111700
• PubChem Substance ID: 24859363
• NACRES: NA.22

Properties

• grade: reagent grade
• assay: 95%
• form: pellets
• reaction suitability: reagent type: reductant
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• size: 10 mm × 6 mm
• mp: 125 °C (dec.) (lit.)
• greener alternative category: , Enabling
• SMILES string: [Li].[AlH3]
• InChI: 1S/Al.Li.4H/q-1;+1;;;;
• InChI key: OCZDCIYGECBNKL-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

Lithium aluminum anhydride is effective as a selective reducing agent.The anhydride may be prepared by reacting lithium hydride with aluminum chloride. It is soluble in ether and it can reduce carboxyl group to primary alcohol group with great ease. Other organic compounds that can be reduced by lithium aluminum hydride are aldehydes, ketones, acid chlorides, acid anhydrides, halides, quinones, nitrogen compounds.

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Application

Lithium aluminum hydride (LAH) can be used as a promising material for hydrogen storage applications. Its properties include high gravimetric and volumetric hydrogen densities.

Lithium aluminum hydride can be used to prepare undec-10-en-1-ol, a key intermediate for the preparation of polythioethers.

Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS02,GHS05
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H260,H314
• pcodes: P223 - P231 + P232 - P260 - P280 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P305 + P351 + P338
• Hazard Classifications: Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1A - Water-react 1
• Storage Class: 4.3 - Hazardous materials which set free flammable gases upon contact with water
• wgk_germany: WGK 1
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable