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Catalog number A10531.36
also known as A10531-36
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Lithium chloride, anhydrous, 98+%, Thermo Scientific Chemicals
Catalog numberA10531.36
Price (USD)/ Each
120.65
Online exclusive
134.00 Save 13.35 (10%)
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Chemical Identifiers
CAS7447-41-8
IUPAC Namelithium(1+) chloride
Molecular FormulaClLi
InChI KeyKWGKDLIKAYFUFQ-UHFFFAOYSA-M
SMILES[Li+].[Cl-]
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Specifications
Specification Sheet
Specification SheetAssay (Titration ex Chloride)≥98.0 to ≤102.0%
Loss on Drying≤1% (200?C/constant weight)
FormCrystals or powder or crystalline powder or fused solid
Identification (FTIR)Conforms
Appearance (Color)White
Lithium chloride is useful for the production of lithium metal and for the generation of Mn(0) species which can be used in free radical cyclizations. It can serve as a flame colorant to generate dark red flames, a brazing flux for aluminum in automobiles, a hygrometer and a desiccant for drying air streams. On exposure to air, it becomes a solution with the concentration directly related to relative humidity of the atmosphere and hence serves as a relative humidity standard in calibrating hygrometers. Apart from being a source of chloride, it serves as an additive in the Stille reaction in organic synthesis and to precipitate RNA from cellular extracts. Being biologically significant, it finds applications in a wide variety of assays to study cell-fate and neurobiology. Lithium chloride has been found to inhibit virus infection.
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Applications
Lithium chloride is useful for the production of lithium metal and for the generation of Mn(0) species which can be used in free radical cyclizations. It can serve as a flame colorant to generate dark red flames, a brazing flux for aluminum in automobiles, a hygrometer and a desiccant for drying air streams. On exposure to air, it becomes a solution with the concentration directly related to relative humidity of the atmosphere and hence serves as a relative humidity standard in calibrating hygrometers. Apart from being a source of chloride, it serves as an additive in the Stille reaction in organic synthesis and to precipitate RNA from cellular extracts. Being biologically significant, it finds applications in a wide variety of assays to study cell-fate and neurobiology. Lithium chloride has been found to inhibit virus infection.
Notes
It is hygroscopic in nature. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents, strong acids, bromine trichloride and bromine trifluoride. Deliquescent salt forms a solution when exposed to humid air. Store in a cool and dry place in closed tight containers.
Lithium chloride is useful for the production of lithium metal and for the generation of Mn(0) species which can be used in free radical cyclizations. It can serve as a flame colorant to generate dark red flames, a brazing flux for aluminum in automobiles, a hygrometer and a desiccant for drying air streams. On exposure to air, it becomes a solution with the concentration directly related to relative humidity of the atmosphere and hence serves as a relative humidity standard in calibrating hygrometers. Apart from being a source of chloride, it serves as an additive in the Stille reaction in organic synthesis and to precipitate RNA from cellular extracts. Being biologically significant, it finds applications in a wide variety of assays to study cell-fate and neurobiology. Lithium chloride has been found to inhibit virus infection.
Notes
It is hygroscopic in nature. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents, strong acids, bromine trichloride and bromine trifluoride. Deliquescent salt forms a solution when exposed to humid air. Store in a cool and dry place in closed tight containers.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- In DMF, acts as a base in dehydrohalogenation reactions; see, for example: Org. Synth. Coll., 4, 162 (1963). See also lithium carbonate (preceding entry). A comparison has been made of its activity with or without microwave irradiation for promoting the Knoevenagel condensation in N-methylpyrrolidinone, e.g. of malononitrile: Chem. Commun., 773 (1998).
- For use in the dealkylation of activated aralkyl ethers, see: Synthesis, 287 (1989).
- In the Wadsworth-Emmons olefination reaction, Triethyl amine, A12646, was effective as base in combination a number of metal salts of which Li halides gave the highest yields: J. Org. Chem., 50, 2624 (1985).
- Additive in the Stille coupling reaction of alkyl and arylstannanes with aryl triflates, preventing decomposition of the palladium complex catalyst: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 106, 4630 (1984); 108, 3033 (1986); see also Tri-n-butyl tin chloride, A10746.
- The combination of LiCl and water in DMSO provides a mild and efficient method for deprotection of THP ethers: J. Org. Chem., 61, 6038 (1996), and ethylene acetals: Tetrahedron Lett., 38, 7271 (1997).
- Kowalczyk, S. W.; Wells, D. B.; Aksimentiev, A.; Dekker, C. Slowing down DNA Translocation through a Nanopore in Lithium Chloride. Nano Lett. 2012, 12 (2), 1038-1044.
- Deng, L. J.; Liu, J.; Huang, J. Q.; Hud, Y.; Chen, M.; Lan, Y.; Chen, J. H.; Lei, A.; Yang, Z. Effect of Lithium Chloride on Tuning the Reactivity of Pauson-Khand Reactions Catalyzed by Palladium-Tetramethylthiourea. Synthesis 2007, 2565-2570.
- Fumo, N.; Goswami, D. Y. Study of an Aqueous Lithium Chloride Desiccant System: Air Dehumidification and Desiccant Regeneration. Sol. Energy 2002, 72 (4), 51-361.