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Lithium bromide

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Linear Formula:
LiBr
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
86.85
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.21

vapor pressure

1 hPa ( 748 °C)

product line

ReagentPlus®

Assay

≥99%

form

powder

pH

7 (20 °C, 10 g/L)

mp

550 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

[Li+].[Br-]

InChI

1S/BrH.Li/h1H;/q;+1/p-1

InChI key

AMXOYNBUYSYVKV-UHFFFAOYSA-M

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General description

LiBr/Chlorotrimethylsilane reagent participates in the conversion of alcohols to bromides.

Application

Lithium bromide (LiBr) may be employed as a catalyst in the following studies:
  • Transformation of (aromatic- and α,β-unsaturated) aldehydes to dithioacetals via solvent-free dithioacetalization.
  • Synthesis of olefins via condensation reaction of carbonyl compounds with active methylene compounds.
  • Green synthesis of β-amino alcohols.
  • Chemo- and regioselective bromination of aromatic compounds was carried out by employing LiBr/ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN) reagent system (as a source of Br+ ion).

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class Code

13 - Non Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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Lithium Bromide, an Inexpensive and Efficient Catalyst for Opening of Epoxide Rings by Amines at Room Temperature under Solvent-Free Condition.
Chakraborti AK, et al.
European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2004(17), 3597-3600 (2004)
An efficient chemo and regioselective oxidative nuclear bromination of activated aromatic compounds using lithium bromide and ceric ammonium nitrate.
Roy SC, et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 42(39), 6941-6942 (2001)
Lithium bromide-catalyzed highly chemoselective and efficient dithioacetalization of α,β-unsaturated and aromatic aldehydes under solvent-free conditions.
Firouzabadi H, et al.
Synthesis, 58-60 (1999)
Lithium bromide as a new catalyst for carbon-carbon bond formation in the solid state.
Prajapati D, et al.
Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 1, 9, 959-960 (1996)
R Quaderer et al.
Organic letters, 3(20), 3181-3184 (2001-09-28)
[reaction: see text] The alkanesulfonamide "safety-catch" resin has proven useful for Fmoc-based synthesis of C-terminal peptide thioesters. We now report that the yield of isolated thioester can increase significantly when the cleavage reaction is carried out in 2 M LiBr/THF

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