Aluminum triethanolate

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Structural formula
Aluminum ion    3 Structure of ethanolation
General
Surname Aluminum triethanolate
other names
  • Aluminum triethylate
  • Triethoxyaluminum
  • Aluminum ethanolate (ambiguous)
Molecular formula C 6 H 15 AlO 3
Brief description

white, odorless solid

External identifiers / databases
CAS number 555-75-9
EC number 209-105-8
ECHA InfoCard 100.008.279
PubChem 16685041
Wikidata Q447818
properties
Molar mass 162.17 g mol −1
Physical state

firmly

density

1.142 g cm −3

Melting point

154-159 ° C

boiling point

320 ° C

solubility
  • decomposes in water with violent reaction
  • somewhat soluble in hot xylene , chlorobenzene and other high-boiling solvents
safety instructions
GHS labeling of hazardous substances
02 - Highly / extremely flammable 05 - Corrosive

danger

H and P phrases H: 228-314
P: 210-280-305 + 351 + 338-310
As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

Aluminum triethanolate is a chemical compound from the group of alcoholates .

Extraction and presentation

Aluminum triethanolate can be obtained by reacting aluminum with ethanol .

properties

Aluminum triethanolate is a flammable white solid which is sensitive to air and moisture and which decomposes in water with violent reaction.

use

Aluminum triethanolate is used in the reduction of aldehydes and ketones (see for example the representation of tribromoethanol ) and as a catalyst for polymerizations. It is also used as a catalyst in the Claisen-Tiščenko reaction, for example in the production of ethyl acetate from acetaldehyde .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Entry on aluminum triethanolate in the GESTIS substance database of the IFA , accessed on January 8, 2020(JavaScript required) .
  2. ^ Entry on aluminum triethanolate in the Hazardous Substances Data Bank , accessed November 15, 2012.
  3. ↑ a b Georg Brauer (Ed.), With the collaboration of Marianne Baudler u a .: Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry. 3rd, revised edition. Volume II, Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-432-87813-3 , p. 842.
  4. ↑ Hans Peter Latscha, Uli Kazmaier, Helmut Alfons Klein: Organic Chemistry: Chemistry Basics II . Springer DE, 2008, ISBN 3-540-77106-9 , pp. 235 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).