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When an aluminum acetate solution reacts with lithium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide and lithium acetate are formed. Aluminum hydroxide is a white solid that precipitates out of solution, while lithium acetate remains in solution. This reaction is a double displacement reaction that forms a precipitate.
Lithium acetate is a salt composed of lithium cations and acetate anions. The acetate anion is the conjugate base of acetic acid, making lithium acetate slightly basic in aqueous solutions.
The chemical equation for acetic acid (CH3COOH) reacting with lithium hydroxide (LiOH) to produce water (H2O) and lithium acetate (LiCH3COO) can be represented as: CH3COOH + LiOH → H2O + LiCH3COO
An Arrhenius base that contains aluminum is Al(H2O)5OH2+ This ion has the unwieldy name pentaaquadihydroxoaluminum. An Arrhenius base that contains lithium is LiF. This compound is known as lithium fluoride and is basic because F- is the conjugate base of the weak acid HF, and thus will form hydroxide ions in solution.
Lithium hydroxide is considered a strong alkali because it readily dissociates in water to produce hydroxide ions, which makes the solution basic. It does not act as an acid in aqueous solutions.
The chemical name of LiC2H3O2 is lithium acetate.