AlH4Li
38 g/mol
Industrial ChemicalDanger
Lithium aluminohydride
CAS16853-85-3EC240-877-9
Category
Industrial Chemical
Compound Class
Inorganic Salt
Primary Use
Reducing agent for organic synthesis
Lithium aluminohydride is a powerful reducing agent widely used in organic synthesis. It is employed to convert esters, aldehydes, and ketones into alcohols, and nitriles into amines.
Reducing agent for over 60 different functional groups in pharmaceutical and fine chemical manufacturingSource of hydrogen in chemical reactionsProduction of other hydrides
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Safety Reference
Danger
H220Extremely flammable gas
H260In contact with water releases flammable gases which may ignite spontaneously
H314Causes severe skin burns and eye damage
H318Causes serious eye damage
H360May damage fertility or the unborn child
H371May cause damage to organs
Identifiers
IUPAC Name
lithium alumanuide
InChIKey
OCZDCIYGECBNKL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
[Li+].[AlH4-]
Synonyms (21)
- Aluminum lithium hydride
- Lithium alanate
- Lithium aluminium hydride
- Lithium aluminohydride
- Lithium aluminum hydride
- Lithium aluminum tetrahydride
- Lithium tetrahydridoaluminate
- Lithium tetrahydroaluminate
- lithium(1+) ion alumanuide
- lithium;alumanuide