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Reactivity Documentation

Metal Hydrides, Metal Alkyls, Metal Aryls, and Silanes

mixed with

Aldehydes

Summary

Details

Aldehydes is a reactive group.

Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)

Aldehydes mixed with
Metal Hydrides, Metal Alkyls, Metal Aryls, and Silanes

Hazard Predictions

Complex metal hydrides, such as LiAlH4 and NaBH4, reduce aldehydes to primary alcohols (Kohlpaintner, C., Schulte, M., Falbe, J., Lappe, P. and Weber, J. 2008. Aldehydes, Aliphatic. Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. (Online); Abatjoglou, A. G. and Miller, D. J. 2011. Aldehydes. Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. 1-12. (Online)).

Strong bases, including sodium hydride, can catalyze the aldol condensation of aldehydes (Nielsen, A. T.; Houlihan., W. J. (1968). "The Aldol Condensation". Organic Reactions 16).

Lithium aluminum hydride reacts violently with benzaldehydes (Field, B.O. et al. 1955. J. Chem. Soc. 1111).

Diborane readily reduces aldehydes (Brown, H.C., W. Korytnyk. 1960. Journal of the American Chemical Society 82:3866).

Base-catalyzed aldol condensation and possible reduction can occur between alkyl lithium compounds and aldehydes (Buhler, J. D., The Journal of Organic Chemistry 1973, 38(5), 904-906).

Potential Gas Byproducts