Methyllithium is the simplest organolithium reagent, with the empirical formula CH3Li. This s-block organometallic compound adopts an oligomeric structure...

(Trimethylsilyl)methyllithium is classified both as an organolithium compound and an organosilicon compound. It has the empirical formula LiCH2Si(CH3)3...

the reaction of an aziridine carrying a methylene bromide group with methyllithium: In this reaction one equivalent of acetylene is lost. Ferrier rearrangement...

addition reaction, and not aromatic substitution. Thus for example methyllithium adds to phosphorus in phosphorine whereas it adds to the 2-position...

however. Tert-butyllithium deprotonates DCM: H2CCl2 + RLi → HCCl2Li + RH Methyllithium reacts with methylene chloride to give chlorocarbene:[citation needed]...

development of organocopper chemistry. For example, CuCl reacts with methyllithium (CH3Li) to form "Gilman reagents" such as (CH3)2CuLi, which find use...

structures. For example, methyllithium, ethyllithium and tert-butyllithium all exist in the tetramer [RLi]4. Methyllithium exists as tetramers in a cubane-type...

consisted of treating cyclopentadiene with methyllithium in dimethyl ether and then with dichloromethane and methyllithium in diethyl ether at −45 °C. It can...

prepared by treating cadmium dihalides with methyl Grignard reagents or methyllithium. CdBr2 + 2 CH3MgBr → Cd(CH3)2 + 2 MgBr2 The same method was used in...

reduced with sodium borohydride to create racemic hydroxy acid. Excess methyllithium is then added to create methyl ketones which when reduced with lithium...

silyl enol ethers, can also be generated from silyl enol ethers using methyllithium. The reaction occurs via nucleophilic substitution at the silicon of...

NaI It can also be obtained by alkylation of mercuric chloride with methyllithium: HgCl2 + 2 LiCH3 → Hg(CH3)2 + 2 LiCl The molecule adopts a linear structure...

commercially available. An example of an organolithium compound is methyllithium ((CH3Li)x), which exists in tetrameric (x = 4, tetrahedral) and hexameric...

dimethylcopper (CH3)2CuLi can be prepared by adding copper(I) iodide to methyllithium in tetrahydrofuran at −78 °C. In the reaction depicted below, the Gilman...

formula Prefix Suffix Example Alkyllithium RLi (tri/di)alkyl- -lithium methyllithium Alkylmagnesium halide RMgX (X=Cl, Br, I)[note 1] -magnesium halide methylmagnesium...

deprotonated in solution, but the conjugate base is known in forms such as methyllithium. A variety of positive ions derived from methane have been observed...

nucleophilic methyl reagents. Strongly nucleophilic methylating agents include methyllithium (CH3Li) or Grignard reagents such as methylmagnesium bromide (CH3MgX)...

in organic synthesis, especially as a precursor to (trimethylsilyl)methyllithium. In the presence of triphenylphosphine, it olefinates benzophenones:...

organolithium reagents sec-butyllithium tert-butyllithium hexyllithium methyllithium Related compounds lithium hydroxide Except where otherwise noted, data...

common e.g. lithium fluoride, lithium hydroxide, lithium amide, and methyllithium, but lithium boryllides are extraordinarily rare. Strong bases do not...

prepared by the salt metathesis reaction of methylmagnesium chloride or methyllithium with titanocene dichloride: Cp2TiCl2 + 2 CH3MgCl → Cp2Ti(CH3)2 + 2 MgCl2...

bond lengths are unusually short with 152 picometers. Reaction with methyllithium with tetrakis(trimethylsilyl)tetrahedrane yields tetrahedranyllithium...

product with retention of configuration: Of recent date are chiral methyllithium compounds: The phosphate 1 contains a chiral group with a hydrogen and...

of MeMgI has been somewhat superseded by the commercially available methyllithium. MeI can also be used to prepare dimethylmercury, by reacting 2 moles...

acetonitrile to the sulfuranyl dication 2 followed by reaction with methyllithium in tetrahydrofuran to (a stable) persulfurane 3 as the cis isomer. X-ray...

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group Methyl isocyanate Methylene Methylene bridge Methylene group Methyllithium Methylmercury metre per second Mica Michael Faraday Michael Smith (chemist)...

oxygen atoms to give a tetrahedrally bonded magnesium center. Like methyllithium, it is the synthetic equivalent to the methyl carbanion synthon. It...

Dieter (1 December 1966). "Phenylthiomethyllithium and Bis(phenylthio)methyllithium". The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 31 (12): 4097–4099. doi:10.1021/jo01350a052...

obtained by metathesis reaction of calcium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide and methyllithium in diethyl ether: C a [ N { S i ( C H 3 ) 3 } 2 ] 2 + 2   L i C H 3...