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Lithium borohydride

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≥95.0%

Synonym(s):

Lithium boron hydride, Lithium hydroborate

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Linear Formula:
LiBH4
CAS Number:
16949-15-8
Molecular Weight:
21.78
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
57651885
UNSPSC Code:
26111700
EC Number:
241-021-7
MDL number:
MFCD00011088

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Product Name

Lithium borohydride, ≥95.0%

InChI

1S/BH4.Li/h1H4;/q-1;+1

InChI key

UUKMSDRCXNLYOO-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES string

[Li+].[BH4-]

assay

≥95.0%

form

solid

reaction suitability

reagent type: reductant

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mp

275 °C (dec.)

density

0.666 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

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Enabling

Quality Level

100

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Other Notes

Review; Smooth reduction of esters; Reduction of acids and other functional groups with LiBH4/Me3SiCl

Application

Lithium borohydride is a general reducing agent commonly used to reduce aldehydes, ketones esters, lactones, and epoxides. It catalyzes hydroboration of alkenes. It is also used in the preparation of other borohydrides such as aluminum borohydride.

General description

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B - Water-react 1

Storage Class

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

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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STBF0749V

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LiBH 4-promoted hydroboration of alkenes with 1, 3, 2-benzodioxaborole.
Arase, Akira et al.
Journal of the Chemical Society. Chemical Communications, 51(4), 205-206 (1991)
A. Giannis et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English), 101, 220-220 (1989)
The Preparation of Other Borohydrides by Metathetical Reactions Utilizing the Alkali Metal Borohydrides1.
Schlesinger, HI et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 75(1), 209-213 (1953)
Mixed solvents containing methanol as useful reaction media for unique chemoselective reductions within lithium borohydride.
Soai, Kenso and Ookawa, Atsuhiro
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 51(21), 4000-4005 (1986)
Lithium borohydride-catalyzed selective reduction of the carbonyl group of conjugated and unconjugated alkenones with borane in tetrahydrofuran.
Arase, Akira et al.
Journal of the Chemical Society. Chemical Communications, 51(7), 855-856 (1994)
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