Lithium Aluminium Hydride

Lithium Aluminium Hydride About

Lithium Aluminium Hydride is used to reduce carboxylic acids, esters, and acid halides to their corresponding primary alcohols. For example, LiAlH4 reduction

of acetic acid, methyl acetate, and acetyl chloride yield the same ethyl alcohol.3. Lithium aluminium hydride, LiAlH4, reduces the amides to amines.

Chemical formula    C6H13NO2
Melting point            286-288 C
Boiling point             225.823.0 C at 760 mmHg
Molecular Weight         131.173

Technical Analysis

Specification        Typical Values
Molar mass   131.175 gmol1
Other names 2-Amino-4-methylpentanoic acid
CAS Number               61-90-5

Lithium aluminum hydride (LAH) is a white, odorless, inorganic compound with the chemical formula LiAlH.

 It is a reducing agent used in organic synthesis to reduce multiple polar bonds.