Lithium Aluminum Hydride LiAlH4 Reduction Reaction + Mechanism

Leah4sci.com/redox presents: Carbonyl Reduction using LiAlH4 - Lithium Aluminum Hydride. Reaction, Mechanism and examples.
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This video breaks down the reducing agent LiAlH4 to help you understand its reactivity with carbonyl compounds including aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, and amides.
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  • @nathanghazi7235
    @nathanghazi72358 ай бұрын

    what if at the end we washup using a Base instead of an acid. My textbook uses a base but doesn't show the actual mechanism. just the final product which is the same as a washup with an acid.

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    8 ай бұрын

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  • @putulbehala4892
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    4:32 Can we say that the mechanism is SNA/E?

  • @svnspell6709
    @svnspell67092 ай бұрын

    Hey i have a question! Hiw does Alh2 combined with O makes it a good leaving group rather then simple O?

  • @Leah4sci

    @Leah4sci

    2 ай бұрын

    If you're referring to the negatively charged oxygen leaving the structure at 7:40 in the video, having that oxygen leave would make the central carbon unstable as it would become a carbocation with less than an octet of electrons. The AlH2-O is a good leaving group because the oxygen is highly electronegative and is capable of holding that negative charge when apart in solution. Aluminum alone would not be happy leaving as a hydride either, as I explained in the video around this time. For further questions, make sure to reach out to me through my website at Leah4sci.com/contact

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    @sherazkhan28027 жыл бұрын

    A video from Khan academy says that the reduction of carboxylic acids and esters follow the same mechanism unlike what you said ...Also the balanced equation in our textbook has no mention of hydrogen as a by product . There is only a water molecule. Can anyone help with it ?

  • @Leah4sci

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    7 жыл бұрын

    The goal of this video is to teach you the concept. If your resources don't match up focus on understanding why each step is as it is. This way you'll know which is correct regardless of what the resources tell you. Especially with biproducts not mentioned

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    4 жыл бұрын

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  • @krishnaswamy.v.k.d.6404
    @krishnaswamy.v.k.d.64046 жыл бұрын

    Hii..im basically a biochemist..your video looks interesting but my concern is once the reaction is over how to remove those reducing agents from the reaction mixture

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    6 жыл бұрын

    krishnaswamy. V.K.D. Well we use anhydrous diethyl ether to remove lialh4 because it is very reactive in water

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  • @ArjunKumar-xv5vl
    @ArjunKumar-xv5vl3 жыл бұрын

    At 7:06 why there is no positive charge on Alh3

  • @Leah4sci

    @Leah4sci

    3 жыл бұрын

    The formal charge on aluminum in AlH3 is zero. Notice that AlH4 carried a negative charge. When its hydride left and attacked the acidic hydrogen, it then lost that negative charge and became neutral.

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  • @wildmechtargus2679
    @wildmechtargus26796 жыл бұрын

    @7:30 what's the fate of O-AlH2

  • @lanelasarsky981

    @lanelasarsky981

    5 жыл бұрын

    Agreed

  • @Leah4sci

    @Leah4sci

    5 ай бұрын

    Once kicked off it's left to wander in solution as a spectator ion

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  • @jatingirdhar1277
    @jatingirdhar12775 жыл бұрын

    Nabh4 is not used for reduction of carboxylic acid

  • @Leah4sci

    @Leah4sci

    3 жыл бұрын

    I agree. NaBH4 is a weak reducing agent and will only reduce ketones and aldehydes. Is there a point in the video where I say otherwise?

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    7 ай бұрын

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    @sccm1005 жыл бұрын

    My professor showed us this rxn but didn't explain the mechanism which is kind of dumb

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    5 жыл бұрын

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  • @MrGangadharakv545
    @MrGangadharakv5457 жыл бұрын

    what is the fate of AlH2O

  • @Leah4sci

    @Leah4sci

    6 жыл бұрын

    At which point in the video?

  • @MrGangadharakv545

    @MrGangadharakv545

    6 жыл бұрын

    Leah4sci in mechanism of reduction of carboxylic acids to esters, OAlH2 is kicked out as a good leaving group in the second step. then what about the fate of OAlH2

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