Description: Used as an electrolyte for low temperature dry battery cells and as an oxidation catalyst. It is a solubilizer for polyamides and cellulose when used with amide solvents, and is a chlorinating agent for steroid substrates.
Lithium chloride has also been utilized in:
Large scale plasmid DNA isolation without ultracentrifugation.5
Protein extraction and protein crystallization.2,3,4,7,8
Crystallization of other biological structures, including vitamin B12-RNA aptamer and the L-A virus particle.10,13
Inhibits the expression and secretion of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1 in H4-II-E cells.9
Used in the synthesis of beta-substituted alpha-amino acid derivatives.6,11