Lithium citrate

Structural formula
General
Surname	Lithium citrate
other names	Citric acid trilithium salt Trilithium citrate
Molecular formula	Li 3 C 6 H 5 O 7
Brief description	white solid (tetrahydrate)
External identifiers / databases
CAS number 919-16-4 6080-58-6 (tetrahydrate) PubChem 13520 Wikidata Q2351742
properties
Molar mass	209.92 g mol −1 ( free of water of crystallization) 281.98 g mol −1 (tetrahydrate)
Physical state	firmly
Melting point	105 ° C (tetrahydrate) 210 ° C
solubility	easily soluble in water (209.8 g l −1 at 20 ° C)
safety instructions
GHS labeling of hazardous substances no GHS pictograms H and P phrases H: no H-phrases P: no P-phrases
As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

Lithium citrate is a chemical compound of lithium from the citrate group .

Extraction and presentation

Lithium citrate can be obtained by reacting citric acid with lithium carbonate .

properties

Lithium citrate tetrahydrate is a white solid that is readily soluble in water.

use

Lithium citrate is used in medicine against gout and in neurology.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} data sheet Lithium citrate tribasic tetrahydrate, BioUltra, ≥99.5% (NT) from Sigma-Aldrich , accessed on August 2, 2017 ( PDF ).
2. ↑ Lithium citrate data sheet (PDF) from Merck , accessed on August 2, 2017.
3. ^ William M. Haynes: CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 92nd Edition . CRC Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4398-5512-6 , pp. 108 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
4. ↑ Paul Koenig: Joh. Karl Koenig's dictionary of goods for the trade in drugs and chemicals With Latin, German, English, French, Dutch and Danish names . Springer-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-663-02608-2 , pp. 324 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
5. ↑ Spectrum Academic Publishing House: Lithium Citrate