Aluminium hydride is an inorganic compound with the formula AlH3.
| FactSnippet No. 1,427,838 |
10 Facts About Aluminium hydride
2.
Aluminium hydride, or alane, is a colorless and nonvolatile solid.
| FactSnippet No. 1,427,839 |
3.
Aluminium hydride is prepared by treating lithium aluminium hydride with aluminium trichloride.
| FactSnippet No. 1,427,840 |
4.
In organic chemistry, aluminium hydride is mainly used for the reduction of functional groups.
| FactSnippet No. 1,427,841 |
5.
Aluminium hydride will reduce aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, anhydrides, acid chlorides, esters, and lactones to their corresponding alcohols.
| FactSnippet No. 1,427,842 |
6.
Likewise, aluminium hydride can accomplish the reduction of an ester in the presence of nitro groups.
| FactSnippet No. 1,427,843 |
7.
Aluminium hydride can be used in the reduction of acetals to half protected diols.
| FactSnippet No. 1,427,844 |
8.
Aluminium hydride can be used in epoxide ring opening reaction as shown below.
| FactSnippet No. 1,427,845 |
9.
Allylic rearrangement reaction carried out using aluminium hydride is a SN2 reaction, and it is not sterically demanding.
| FactSnippet No. 1,427,846 |
10.
Aluminium hydride will reduce carbon dioxide to methane with heating:.
| FactSnippet No. 1,427,847 |