Substance

ID:741565

Lithium borohydride

Names and Identifiers
IUPAC name
lithium(1+) ion boranuide
IUPAC Traditional name
lithium(1+) ion boranuide
Synonyms
Lithium borohydride硼氢化锂Lithium tetrahydridoborate
Registration numbers
CAS Number
EC Number
MDL Number
Merck Index
Properties
Safety Information
GHS Hazard statements
H260-H301-H311-H331-H314-H318
European Hazard Symbols
Flammable Flammable (F)
Toxic Toxic (T)
Packing Group
I
GHS Pictograms
GHS02
Flammable gases, category 1
Flammable aerosols, categories 1,2
Flammable liquids, categories 1,2,3
Self-reactive substances and mixtures, Types B,C,D,E,F
Pyrophoric liquids, category 1
Pyrophoric solids, category 1
Self-heating substances and mixtures
Substances and mixtures, which in contact with water, emit flammable gases, categories 1,2,3
Organic peroxides, Types B,C,D,E,F
GHS05
Corrosive to metals, category 1
Skin corrosion, categories 1A,1B,1C
Serious eye damage, category 1
GHS06
Acute toxicity (oral, dermal, inhalation), categories 1,2,3
Safety Statements
26-36/37/39-43-45
GHS Precautionary statements
P280-P303+P361+P353-P305+P351+P338-P310-P370+P378I-P402+P404
TSCA Listed
UN Number
UN1413
Hazard Class
4.3
Risk Statements
14/15-23/24/25-34
RTECS
ED2725000
Storage Warning
Moisture Sensitive
Physical Property
Apperance
Powder
Melting Point
ca 280°C dec.
Solubility
Soluble in ether, THF, and aliphatic amines
Density
0.66
Product Information
Purity
95%
Molecule Details
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Molecular Spectra
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References
• Versatile reducing agent showing significant and useful differences from sodium borohydride. Review: Tetrahedron, 35, 567 (1979). For use in reduction of esters, see: J. Org. Chem., 47, 1604 (1982).
• Useful catalyst, in acetonitrile, for conversion of acid-sensitive aldehydes to 1,3-oxathiolanes and 1,3-dithiolanes: Synlett, 238 (2001).
• The combination of LiBH4 and TMS chloride is a versatile, powerful reducing agent, which will reduce carboxylic acids, amino acids, amides, nitriles, etc: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 28, 218 (1989).
• Monograph: J. Seyden-Penne, Reductions by the Alumino- and Borohydrides In Organic Synthesis, 2nd ed., Wiley, N.Y. (1997).