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lithium aluminum hydride

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noun

Chemistry.

  1. a white powder, LiAlH 4 , used chiefly as a chemical reducing agent, especially in pharmaceutical and perfume manufacturing.

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LiH can be a starting compound for making lithium aluminum hydride, used as a reagent in organic synthesis.

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