Lithium hexahydroaluminate - from lithium hydride and lithium aluminohydride in ether contg diphenyl methane

摘要

is prepd. from LiH and LiAlH4 in (i) 1:1 ether-cyclohexane or (ii): ether-toluene, under H2 pressure 100 atm. in the presence of diphenyl methane at cla. 95 degrees C for 24h. Method is direct.