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Lithium chloride

anhydrous, free-flowing, Redi-Dri™, ReagentPlus®, 99%

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
LiCl
CAS Number:
7447-41-8
Molecular Weight:
42.39
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
329768091
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
EC Number:
231-212-3
MDL number:
MFCD00011078
Assay:
99%
Grade:
anhydrous
Form:
powder or crystals
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grade

anhydrous

Quality Level

100

product line

ReagentPlus®, Redi-Dri™

assay

99%

form

powder or crystals

quality

free-flowing

pH

6

mp

605 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

[Li+].[Cl-]

InChI

1S/ClH.Li/h1H;/q;+1/p-1

InChI key

KWGKDLIKAYFUFQ-UHFFFAOYSA-M

General description

Redi-Dri™ technology eliminates clumping and the need for complicated procedures to keep your salts free-flowing. Keeping your salts dry helps improve your results by giving accurate measurements and easier-to-handle salts and buffers. Rather than drying your salts in an oven or desiccator or breaking them apart manually, Redi-Dri™ ensures that your salts will remain easy-to-use for months without worrying about anti-caking agents. Even after repeated openings you can be assured that your results are always accurate. Redi-Dri™ saves you time, energy and money by keeping your salts usable for longer!

Application

Lithium chloride can be used as a catalyst in the solvent-free:
  • Cyanosilylation of aldehydes and ketones with cyanotrialkylsilanes to give silylated cyanohydrins.
  • Microwave-assisted Claisen-Schmidt condensation to prepare α, β-unsaturated ketones.
It can also be used as:
  • An additive in the Pd-catalyzed Stille coupling of aryl iodides with arylstannanes to synthesize corresponding biphenyls.
  • A catalyst for the chemo- and regioselective demethylation of aryl methyl ethers to corresponding phenol products.

Features and Benefits

  • Increased efficiency – Eliminate time and effort of loosening hardened powders
  • Safety – Avoid risks of using tools of force to break up clumps
  • Economy – Faster preparation and solvation increase productivity and reduce costs
  • Assured quality – Excellent, expert-tested quality with no anti-caking agents
  • Flexible volumes – Available from research amounts to scale-up quantities

Legal Information

ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Redi-Dri is a trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class

13 - Non Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

Regulatory Listings

Regulatory Listings are mainly provided for chemical products. Only limited information can be provided here for non-chemical products. No entry means none of the components are listed. It is the user’s obligation to ensure the safe and legal use of the product.

Substances Subject to be Indicated Names

ishl_indicated

Substances Subject to be Notified Names

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MKCZ8935
MKCZ8941
0000494688
0000494688
MKCX9799

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