Lithium Aluminium Hydride is used to reduce carboxylic acids, esters, and acid halides to their corresponding primary alcohols. For example, LiAlH4 reduction of acetic acid, methyl acetate, and acetyl chloride yield the same ethyl alcohol. 3. Lithium aluminium hydride, LiAlH4, reduces the amides to amines.
Chemical formula    C6H13NO2
Melting point            286-288 ºC
Boiling point             225.8±23.0 °C at 760 mmHg
Molecular Weight         131.173
Technical Analysis
Specification        Typical Values
Molar mass   131.175 g·mol−1
Other names 2-Amino-4-methylpentanoic acid
CAS Number               61-90-5
Lithium aluminum hydride (LAH) is a white, odorless, inorganic compound with the chemical formula LiAlH₄. It is a reducing agent used in organic synthesis to reduce multiple polar bonds.