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190306

Diisobutylaluminum hydride solution

1.0 M in hexanes

Synonym(s):

DIBAL, DIBAL-H

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Linear Formula:
[(CH3)2CHCH2]2AlH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
142.22
UNSPSC Code:
12352001
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
MDL number:
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
4123663
Form:
liquid
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InChI

1S/2C4H9.Al.H/c2*1-4(2)3;;/h2*4H,1H2,2-3H3;;

SMILES string

CC(C)C[AlH]CC(C)C

InChI key

AZWXAPCAJCYGIA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

form

liquid

reaction suitability

reagent type: reductant

concentration

1.0 M in hexanes

density

0.701 g/mL at 25 °C

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General description

Diisobutylaluminum hydride reducing agent is commonly used for the reduction of an ester to aldehyde.

Application

Diisobutylaluminum hydride solution (1.0 M in hexanes) can be used in the synthesis of potassium diisobutyl-t-butoxyaluminum hydride (PDBBA), a novel reducing agent for the chemoselective conversion of esters in the presence of nitriles. The DIBAL-triethylamine complex can reduce α-oxoketene dithioacetal to the saturated ketone.
Used in Pd-catalyzed reductive debromination of secondary alkyl bromides. O-Debenzylation and ring opening of perbenzylated furanosides. Convenient in situ generation of HZrCp2Cl from ZrCp2Cl2 and DIBAL-H.

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Danger

target_organs

Central nervous system, Nervous system

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Storage Class

4.2 - Pyrophoric and self-heating hazardous materials

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

-9.4 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

-23 °C - closed cup

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Chronic 2 - Asp. Tox. 1 - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Pyr. Liq. 1 - Repr. 2 - Skin Corr. 1B - STOT RE 1 Inhalation - STOT SE 3 - Water-react. 1


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alpha.-Oxoketene dithioacetal chemistry. 2. Conjugate reductions with electrophilic reducing agents.
Gammill R
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 46(17), 3555-3558 (1981)
Chemoselective Reduction of Esters to Aldehydes by Potassium Diisobutyl-t-butoxyaluminum Hydride (PDBBA).
Chae MJ, et al.
Bull. Korean Chem. Soc., 28(12), 2517-2517 (2007)
Hideki Ishii et al.
Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 3(19), 3471-3472 (2005-09-21)
The lactone rings of ginkgolide A are converted into corresponding tetrahydrofuran moieties via DIBAL-H reduction followed by deoxygenation of the formed lactols with Et3SiH-BF3.Et2O to produce a series of lactone-free ginkgolides.
V Constantinou-Kokotou et al.
The journal of peptide research : official journal of the American Peptide Society, 58(4), 325-331 (2001-10-19)
A general method for the synthesis of enantiopure non-natural alpha-amino acids is described. The key intermediate tert-butyl (2S)-2-[bis(tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino]-5-oxopentanoate was obtained from l-glutamic acid after suitable protection and selective reduction of the gamma-methyl ester group by DIBALH. Wittig reaction of this
Nobuo Tanaka et al.
Carbohydrate research, 343(15), 2675-2679 (2008-08-23)
The reductive ring-opening reaction of benzylidene-protected glucosides and mannosides such as methyl 2,3-di-O-benzyl-4,6-O-benzylidene-alpha-d-glucoside (1) and methyl 2,3-di-O-benzyl-4,6-O-benzylidene-alpha-d-mannoside (4) by using a toluene stock solution of DIBAL-H and a dichloromethane stock solution of DIBAL-H gives mainly or selectively the corresponding 2,3,4-tri-O-benzyl

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