lithium aluminum hydride

noun

: a white flammable solid LiAlH₄ soluble in ether that is made by the reaction of lithium hydride and anhydrous aluminum chloride and that is used as a reducing agent especially for organic compounds [as a carboxylic acid (RCOOH) to an alcohol (RCH₂OH)]

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