Lithium acetate

Names

[ CAS No. ]:
546-89-4

[ Name ]:
Lithium acetate

[Synonym ]:
UNII-H4278O5FLV
lithium ethanoate
AcOLi
EINECS 208-914-3
Acetic acid lithium salt
Acetic acid, lithium salt
Lithium acetate
lithium,acetate
Acetic acid, lithium salt (1:1)
MFCD00013057

Chemical & Physical Properties

[ Boiling Point ]:
117.1ºC at 760 mmHg

[ Melting Point ]:
283-285 °C(lit.)

[ Molecular Formula ]:
C₂H₃LiO₂

[ Molecular Weight ]:
65.985

[ Flash Point ]:
40ºC

[ Exact Mass ]:
66.029305

[ PSA ]:
40.13000

[ Stability ]:
Stable. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents.

[ Water Solubility ]:
40.8 g/100 mL (20 ºC)

MSDS

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Toxicological Information

CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION

RTECS NUMBER :: AI5450000

CHEMICAL NAME :: Acetic acid, lithium salt

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER :: 546-89-4

LAST UPDATED :: 199709

DATA ITEMS CITED :: 6

MOLECULAR FORMULA :: C2-H4-O2.Li

MOLECULAR WEIGHT :: 67.00

HEALTH HAZARD DATA

ACUTE TOXICITY DATA

TYPE OF TEST :: LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :: Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :: Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :: 1500 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :: Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

TYPE OF TEST :: LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :: Subcutaneous

SPECIES OBSERVED :: Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :: 1500 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :: Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

TYPE OF TEST :: Cytogenetic analysis

MUTATION DATA

TEST SYSTEM :: Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :: 5 mg/kg

REFERENCE :: CYTOAN Cytologia. (Japan Pub. Trading Co. (USA), 1255 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94103) V.1- 1929- Volume(issue)/page/year: 54,245,1989 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974) NOHS Hazard Code - 83507 No. of Facilities: 8 (estimated) No. of Industries: 1 No. of Occupations: 3 No. of Employees: 88 (estimated)

Safety Information

[ Personal Protective Equipment ]:
Eyeshields;Gloves;type N95 (US);type P1 (EN143) respirator filter

[ Hazard Codes ]:
Xi:Irritant;

[ Risk Phrases ]:
R36

[ Safety Phrases ]:
S23-S24/25-S39-S26-S22

[ RIDADR ]:
NONH for all modes of transport

[ WGK Germany ]:
1

[ RTECS ]:
AI5450000

Synthetic Route

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Precursor & DownStream

Precursor

DownStream

Articles

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Histone H1, referred to as the linker histone, associates with the nucleosome core particle. While there is indication that the budding yeast version of histone H1 (Hho1) contributes to regulation of ...

Rapid high performance liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry methodology for multiple prenol lipids analysis in zebrafish embryos.

J. Chromatogr. A. 1412 , 59-66, (2015)

The analysis of lipid molecules in living organism is an important step in deciphering metabolic pathways. Recently, the zebrafish has been adopted as a valuable animal model system to perform in vivo...

A Single RNaseIII Domain Protein from Entamoeba histolytica Has dsRNA Cleavage Activity and Can Help Mediate RNAi Gene Silencing in a Heterologous System.

PLoS ONE 10 , e0133740, (2015)

Dicer enzymes process double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) into small RNAs that target gene silencing through the RNA interference (RNAi) pathway. Dicer enzymes are complex, multi-domain RNaseIII proteins, how...