Preparation And Uses Of Lialh4

Preparation and uses of LiAlH4

graph TB A[Preparation and uses of LiAlH4] A --> B[Preparation] B --> B1[Reaction of lithium hydride with aluminium chloride] B --> B2[Commercially prepared by the reaction of lithium hydride with aluminium chloride] A --> C[Uses] C --> C1[Used as a reducing agent in organic synthesis] C --> C2[Used to convert esters, carboxylic acids, and acyl chlorides into primary alcohols] C --> C3[Used to convert amides and nitriles into amines] C --> C4[Used to convert epoxides into alcohols]