Lithium oxalate is an organic compound with the chemical formula . It is a salt of lithium metal and oxalic acid. It consists of lithium cations and oxalate anions . Lithium oxalate is soluble in water and converts to lithium carbonate when heated.
One of the methods of synthesis is the reaction of direct neutralization of oxalic acid with lithium hydroxide:
The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic system, cell parameters a = 3.400 ÃÂ, b = 5.156 à, c = 9.055 à, ò = 95.60ð, Z = 4.
Lithium oxalate decomposes when heated at :
In pyrotechnics, the compound is used to color the flame red.