Reactivity Documentation
Metal Hydrides, Metal Alkyls, Metal Aryls, and Silanes |
mixed with |
Salts, Acidic |
Summary
- Corrosive: Reaction products may be corrosive
- Flammable: Reaction products may be flammable
- Generates gas: Reaction liberates gaseous products and may cause pressurization
- Generates heat: Exothermic reaction at ambient temperatures (releases heat)
- Intense or explosive reaction: Reaction may be particularly intense, violent, or explosive
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May produce the following gases:
- Hydrogen
Details
Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)
Salts, Acidic
Hazard Predictions
- Corrosive: Reaction products may be corrosive
- Flammable: Reaction products may be flammable
- Generates gas: Reaction liberates gaseous products and may cause pressurization
- Generates heat: Exothermic reaction at ambient temperatures (releases heat)
- Intense or explosive reaction: Reaction may be particularly intense, violent, or explosive
Reaction of simple hydrides with AlCl3 forms a powerfully reducing complex of aluminum hydrides (e.g., LiAlH4) (Eggeman, T. 2001. Hydrides. In Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (Online); Pascal, P. 1966. Nouveau Traité de Chimie Minérale. Vol. 2, Part 1, p. 49. Masson et Cie.).
Reaction of vanadium trichloride and similar halides with Grignard reagents is almost explosively violent under a variety of conditions (Cotton, F. A., Chem. Rev., 1955, 55, 560).
Acetylenebis(triethyltin) reacts explosively with stannic chloride (SnCl4) (Beerman, C. et al., Z. Anorg. Chem., 1954, 276, 20).
Hydrides react spontaneously and irreversibly with proton donors such as acids to form flammable H2 gas. Acidic salts can generate protons in some situations, especially on contact with water or moisture in the air. In this situation, hydrogen gas could be produced (Rittmeyer, P., U. Wietelmann. 2002. Hydrides. In Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. (Online); Eggeman, T. 2001. Hydrides. In Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (Online)).
Potential Gas Byproducts
- Hydrogen (H2)