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Lithium borohydride
≥90%
Synonym(s):
Lithium boron hydride, Lithium hydroborate
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Linear Formula:
LiBH4
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
21.78
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
UNSPSC Code:
26111700
EC Number:
241-021-7
MDL number:
Assay:
≥90%
Form:
solid
Quality Level
assay
≥90%
form
solid
reaction suitability
reagent type: reductant
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275 °C (dec.)
density
0.666 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
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SMILES string
[Li+].[BH4-]
InChI
1S/BH4.Li/h1H4;/q-1;+1
InChI key
UUKMSDRCXNLYOO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
General description
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Lithium borohydride, a white solid, may be prepared from the exchange reaction of LiCl and sodium borohydride in isopropylamine. The orthorhombic crystal structure converts to tetragonal at 108oC and eventually melting at 278oC. Infrared and Raman spectral studies at 80oC have been reported in a study.
Application
Versatile reducing agent for aldehydes, ketones, acid chlorides, lactones, epoxides, and esters. Applied in the lithiation of 2H-WS2 giving high yields of exfoliated WS2, and opening the way to new intercalation compounds and nanocomposites. Lithium borohydride is used as hydrogen storage system. It regenerates hydrogen at 320-380oC at 10atm (H2 pressure).
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Danger
hcodes
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
Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type P3 (EN 143) respirator cartridges
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Hazard Classifications
Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B - Water-react. 1
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Fieser, M.
Reagents for Organic Synthesis, 14, 191-191 (1989)
Tsai, H-L. et al.
Chemistry of Materials, 9, 879-879 (1997)
Mita Dasog et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 47(30), 8569-8571 (2011-06-28)
In the presence of large excesses of borohydride salts, gold monolayer protected-clusters can be grown to larger sizes simply by controlling the amount of reducing agent added to smaller clusters. In addition, gold monolayer clusters can be used as catalysts