Lithium, iodide

The reaction product is cooled to room temperature, is washed with 10 ml of H2O to the purpose of removing lithium iodide and is then dehydrated over NaiS04. 3.57 g is obtained of dimethoxy-phenylacetone (III), as determined by gas-chromatographic analysis with an inner standard of 4,4 -dimethoxybeniophenone. The yield of ketone (III) relative to the olefin ( ) used as the starting material is of 87.1%. 

Lithium Iodide. Lithium iodide [10377-51 -2/, Lil, is the most difficult lithium halide to prepare and has few appHcations. Aqueous solutions of the salt can be prepared by carehil neutralization of hydroiodic acid with lithium carbonate or lithium hydroxide. Concentration of the aqueous solution leads successively to the trihydrate [7790-22-9] dihydrate [17023-25-5] and monohydrate [17023-24 ] which melt congmendy at 75, 79, and 130°C, respectively. The anhydrous salt can be obtained by carehil removal of water under vacuum, but because of the strong tendency to oxidize and eliminate iodine which occurs on heating the salt ia air, it is often prepared from reactions of lithium metal or lithium hydride with iodine ia organic solvents. The salt is extremely soluble ia water (62.6 wt % at 25°C) (59) and the solutions have extremely low vapor pressures (60). Lithium iodide is used as an electrolyte ia selected lithium battery appHcations, where it is formed in situ from reaction of lithium metal with iodine. It can also be a component of low melting molten salts and as a catalyst ia aldol condensations. 

The cathodic reaction is the reduction of iodine to form lithium iodide at the carbon collector sites as lithium ions diffuse to the reaction site. The anode reaction is lithium ion formation and diffusion through the thin lithium iodide electrolyte layer. If the anode is cormgated and coated with PVP prior to adding the cathode fluid, the impedance of the cell is lower and remains at a low level until late in the discharge. The cell eventually fails because of high resistance, even though the drain rate is low. 

Earlier catalysts were based on cobalt, iron, and nickel. However, recent catalytic systems involve rhodium compounds promoted by methyl iodide and lithium iodide (48,49). Higher mol wt alkyl esters do not show any particular abiUty to undergo carbonylation to anhydrides. 

Although ethereal solutions of methyl lithium may be prepared by the reaction of lithium wire with either methyl iodide or methyl bromide in ether solution, the molar equivalent of lithium iodide or lithium bromide formed in these reactions remains in solution and forms, in part, a complex with the methyllithium. Certain of the ethereal solutions of methyl 1ithium currently marketed by several suppliers including Alfa Products, Morton/Thiokol, Inc., Aldrich Chemical Company, and Lithium Corporation of America, Inc., have been prepared from methyl bromide and contain a full molar equivalent of lithium bromide. In several applications such as the use of methyllithium to prepare lithium dimethyl cuprate or the use of methyllithium in 1,2-dimethyoxyethane to prepare lithium enolates from enol acetates or triraethyl silyl enol ethers, the presence of this lithium salt interferes with the titration and use of methyllithium. There is also evidence which indicates that the stereochemistry observed during addition of methyllithium to carbonyl compounds may be influenced significantly by the presence of a lithium salt in the reaction solution. For these reasons it is often desirable to have ethereal solutions... 

C. Cyclobutanone (Note 16). The residue consisting of oxaspiro-pentane (35%) and dichloromethane (about 200 ml.) is added dropwise at room temperature to a magnetically stirred solution containing about 5-10 mg. of lithium iodide in 50 ml. of dichloromethane (Notes 17, 18), at such a rate as to maintain gentle reflux of the solvent. At the end of the addition when the reaction mixture returns to room temperature, the transformation into cyclobutanone is complete. The dichloromethane solution is washed with 20 ml. of saturated aqueous sodium thiosulfate and with 20 ml. of water. After drying over magnesium sulfate and concentration by distillation of the solvent through a 15-cm., helix-packed, vacuum-insulated column, the residual liquid consists of cyclobutanone (95%) and of 3-buten-2-one and 2-methylpropenal... 

Caution Addition of lithium iodide catalytic amount to a dichloromethane solution containing more than 30% oxaspiropentane leads to a very vigorous reaction. 

Hydrolysis, of 2 benzyl 2 carbometh oxycyclopentanone with lithium iodide m 2,4 6-colhdme, 46, 7 of 7 butyrolactone to ethyl y-bromo-butyrate with hydrogen bromide and ethanol, 46, 42 of 2,5 dicarbethoxy 1 4-cyclohexane-dione to 1,4 cyclohexanedione, 46, 25... 

The demand for electrically operated tools or devices that can be handled independently of stationary power sources led to a variety of different battery systems which are chosen depending on the field of application. In the case of rare usage, e.g., for household electric torches or for long-term applications with low current consumption, such as watches or heart pacemakers, primary cells (zinc-carbon, alkaline-manganese or lithium-iodide cells) are chosen. For many applications such as starter batteries in cars, only rechargeable battery systems, e.g., lead accumulators, are reasonable with regard to costs and the environment. 

Oxygen-substituted allylchromium reagents are conveniently generated from vinyloxi-ranes by chromium(II) chloride in the presence of lithium iodide and aldehydes with high anti diastereoselectivity14. qh oh... 

The fractional loss in energy when a neutron collides with an atom is greatest for the H atom. Thus, by passing a beam of fast neutrons thru a series of samples, of the same material, but with varying moisture contents, a relationship is observed between moisture content and measured thermal neutron intensity. Using a small. radioisotope fast neutron source and a lithium iodide thermal neutron detector, this neutron... 

Cleavage of Carboxylic Esters With Lithium Iodide... 

Carboxylic esters where R is methyl or ethyl can be cleaved by heating with lithium iodide in refluxing pyridine or a higher boiling amine. " The reaction is useful where a molecule is sensitive to acid and base (so that 10-10 cannot be used) or where it is desired to cleave selectively only one ester group in a molecule containing two or more. For example, refluxing O-acetyloleanolic acid methyl ester... 

K or Li, as well as with Zn—Me3SiCl and with certain compounds prepared from WCle and either lithium, lithium iodide, LiAlH, or an alkyllithium (see 17-17). The reaction has been used to convert dialdehydes and diketones to cycloalkenes. Rings of 3-16 and 22 members have been closed in this way, for example. 

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