Lithium aluminum hydride
ALDRICH/62420 - ≥97.0% (gas-volumetric)
Synonym: LAH; Lithium alanate; Lithium tetrahydroaluminate
CAS Number: 16853-85-3
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): H4AlLi
Molecular Weight: 37.95
EC Number: 240-877-9
MDL Number: MFCD00011075
Linear Formula: LiAlH4
Product Type: Chemical
| assay | ≥97.0% (gas-volumetric) |
| form | solid |
| InChI | 1S/Al.Li.4H/q-1;+1;;;; |
| InChI key | OCZDCIYGECBNKL-UHFFFAOYSA |
| mp | 125 °C (dec.) (lit.) |
| reaction suitability | reagent type: reductant |
| SMILES string | [Li].[AlH3] |
| Application: | Reactant involved in: • Dehydrogenation studied with various catalysts • Regeneration of methoxysilanes via reduction • Transition metal electrophilic hydrogen activation via heterolytic cleavage • Formation of nickel hydrogenation catalysts • Hydrogen sorption • Electrodeposition of Al on W-Cu substrates |
| General description: | Lithium aluminum hydride (LiAlH4) is a powerful reducing agent used in organic synthesis to reduce esters, carboxylic acids, acyl chlorides, aldehydes, epoxides, and ketones into the corresponding alcohols. It also converts amide, nitro, nitrile, imine, oxime, and azide compounds into amines. |
| Packaging: | packed in plastic bag, which is soluble at 45-60°C in hydrocarbons, THF and dioxane |
| Symbol |   GHS02,GHS05 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H260 - H314 |
| Precautionary statements | P223 - P231 + P232 - P260 - P280 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P305 + P351 + P338 |
| Hazard Codes | F,C |
| Risk Statements | 15-35 |
| Safety Statements | 7/8-26-36/37/39-43-45 |
| RIDADR | UN 1410 4.3 / PGI |
| WGK Germany | WGK 1 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| Purity | ≥97.0% (gas-volumetric) |
| mp | 125 °C (dec.) (lit.) |
| UNSPSC | 26111700 |