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Lithium aluminum hydride solution

2.0 M in THF

Synonym(s):

LAH, Lithium alanate, Lithium tetrahydroaluminate

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Linear Formula:
LiAlH4
CAS Number:
16853-85-3
Molecular Weight:
37.95
MDL number:
MFCD00011075
UNSPSC Code:
26111700
PubChem Substance ID:
24881465
NACRES:
NA.22

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Quality Level

200

reaction suitability

reagent type: reductant

concentration

2.0 M in THF

density

0.906 g/mL at 25 °C

storage temp.

2-30°C

SMILES string

[Li+].[AlH4-]

InChI

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

InChI key

OCZDCIYGECBNKL-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Reactant or reagent for:
  • The preparation of thermoplastic polyester polyamides from oleic acid
  • Lithium-polymer batteries
  • Hydrodefluorination of gem-difluoromethylene derivatives
  • Asymmetric aldol reactions
  • Synthesis of Li-Al-N-H composites with hydrogen absorption / desorption properties

LAH is a powerful reducing agent for many different reduction reactions such as that of ketones to alcohols

Packaging

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

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

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Carc. 2 - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Skin Corr. 1A - STOT SE 3 - Water-react 1

target_organs

Central nervous system, Respiratory system

supp_hazards

EUH019

Storage Class

4.3 - Hazardous materials which set free flammable gases upon contact with water

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

-13.0 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

-25 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

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SHBS5127
SHBN8326
SHBN8322
SHBN3946
SHBM8891

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Hideki Hashizume et al.
The Journal of antibiotics, 57(1), 52-58 (2004-03-23)
Planar structures of tripropeptins (TPPs) were elucidated by spectroscopic studies including various NMR measurements. Stereochemistry of constituent amino acids of tripropeptin C (TPPC) (3) was identified by marfey's method except hydroxyproline which was determined by studies of NMR and CD
Sonja Stanković et al.
Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 8(19), 4266-4273 (2010-08-05)
A new synthetic protocol for the LiAlH(4)-promoted reduction of non-activated aziridines under microwave conditions was developed. Thus, ring opening of 2-(acetoxymethyl)aziridines provided the corresponding beta-amino alcohols, which were then used as eligible substrates in the synthesis of 5-methylmorpholin-2-ones via condensation
Mitsuteru Numazawa et al.
Chemical & pharmaceutical bulletin, 54(4), 554-556 (2006-04-06)
Reduction of a double bond at C-1 of 1,4-dien-3-one steroids 7 and 8 with LiAl2H4 in THF or NaB2H4 in MeOH and H2O gave stereospecifically [1alpha-2H]-labeled 4-en-3-one steroids 9 and 10, respectively. When the deuterated solvents, MeO2H and 2H2O, were
Seiji Takeda et al.
Journal of biomedical nanotechnology, 9(2), 303-306 (2013-05-01)
Measurement of oxidized low-density lipoprotein (LDL) generated by oxidative stress of various kinds might be useful for evaluating the risk of cardiovascular disease. We evaluated some electrode materials to detect oxidized LDL electrochemically. Some carbon nanotube dispersions were studied as
Pseudo-allosteric recognition of mandelic acid with an enantioselective coordination complex.
Jungseok Heo et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 45(6), 941-944 (2005-12-31)
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