The reactions of lithium aluminum hydride closely resemble those of Grignard reagent~.~*~. 6*~,'These agents appear to differ principally in the more aggressive behavior of the hydride, resulting in a lessening of side-reactions and of steric influences. An analytical procedure employing lithium aluminum hydride may, therefore, be more generally useful than the Zerewitinoff procedure which was so elegantly refined on a macro scale by Kohler and co- ...
