Is it necessary to use lithium aluminum hydride in reduction of nascent hydrogen?

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anor277
Feb 18, 2018

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#"Nascent hydrogen"# is a very old concept that dates back to the century before last...

#LiAlH_4# can deliver up to FOUR equivs of #H^-# in a reduction, depending on how good your lithal is. Workup of lithal reductions tend to be problematic given that you can produce a lot of dihydrogen gas, especially if you are a bit too heavy handed with the lithal at the beginning.

#LiAlH_4 +4H_2O rarr LiAl(OH)_4(aq) + 4H_2(g)uarr#

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