aluminium trihydride

• Formula: AlH₃
• Molecular weight: 30.00536
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/Al.3H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: AZDRQVAHHNSJOQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 7784-21-6
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• Other names: Aluminum hydride
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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Individual Reactions

H₂Al^- +  =

By formula: H₂Al^- + H⁺ = H₃Al

 +  = H₄Al^-

By formula: H^- + H₃Al = H₄Al^-

Gas phase ion energetics data

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De-protonation reactions

H₂Al^- +  =

By formula: H₂Al^- + H⁺ = H₃Al

References

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Hinde, 2000
Hinde, R.J., Ab initio gas-phase acidities of NaH, MgH2, and AlH3, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2000, 104, 32, 7580-7585, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp994138j . [all data]

Goebbert, Hernandez, et al., 2005
Goebbert, D.J.; Hernandez, H.; Francisco, J.S.; Wenthold, P.G., The binding energy and bonding in dialane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 33, 11684-11689, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja0424070 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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