• Butyllithium may refer to one of 5 isomeric organolithium reagents of which 3 are commonly used in chemical synthesis: n-Butyllithium, abbreviated BuLi...
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    n-Butyllithium C4H9Li (abbreviated n-BuLi) is an organolithium reagent. It is widely used as a polymerization initiator in the production of elastomers...
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    tert-Butyllithium is a chemical compound with the formula (CH3)3CLi. As an organolithium compound, it has applications in organic synthesis since it is...
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    sec-Butyllithium is an organometallic compound with the formula CH3CHLiCH2CH3, abbreviated sec-BuLi or s-BuLi. This chiral organolithium reagent is used...
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  • hydrides (diethylaluminium hydride, trimethylaluminium, triethylaluminium, butyllithium), with a few exceptions (i.e. dimethylmercury and tetraethyllead) Copper...
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    reagents are the butyllithiums. tert-Butyllithium and sec-butyllithium are generally more reactive and have better selectivity than n-butyllithium, however,...
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  • commonly used. Lithium amide, LiHMDS, or organolithium reagents, such as butyllithium (BuLi), are frequently used to form lithium acetylides: HC≡CH + BuLi...
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  • formula C4H9Li (molar mass: 64.06 g/mol) may refer to: n-Butyllithium sec-Butyllithium tert-Butyllithium This set index page lists chemical structure articles...
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    aluminium hydride (LiAlH4), lithium triethylborohydride, n-butyllithium and tert-butyllithium. Metallic lithium and its complex hydrides, such as lithium...
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    bidentate ligand. TMEDA has an affinity for lithium ions. When mixed with n-butyllithium, TMEDA's nitrogen atoms coordinate to the lithium, forming a cluster...
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    of organometallic compounds include organolithium compounds such as n-butyllithium (n-BuLi), organozinc compounds such as diethylzinc (Et2Zn), organotin...
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    Organolithium reagents are most often found in polymeric form, such as n-butyllithium shown here...
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    synthesised by the deprotonation of 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine with n-butyllithium at −78 °C. Recent reports show that this reaction can also be performed...
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    [citation needed] Anionic chain polymerization, which is initiated by n-Butyllithium, produces cis-1,4-polyisoprene dominant polyisoprene. 90–92% of repeating...
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    condensation reaction of amines and formaldehyde. It undergoes deprotonation by butyllithium to give a reagent that serves as a source of the formyl anion. V. Subramanian...
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    compounds are extremely powerful bases and nucleophiles. For use as bases, butyllithiums are often used and are commercially available. An example of an organolithium...
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  • reaction of preformed organolithium compounds: R−Li + R′−X → R−X + R′−Li Butyllithium is commonly used. Gilman and Wittig independently discovered this method...
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  • (scheme 1), the alkyne proton of ethyl propiolate is deprotonated by n-butyllithium at -78 °C to form lithium ethyl propiolate to which cyclopentanone is...
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  • gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid 591-81-1 C4H9ClHg n-Butylmercuric chloride 543-63-5 C4H9Li n-butyllithium C4H9NO2 γ-aminobutyric acid 56-12-2 C4H9NO3 threonine Thr 72-19-5 C4H9Na...
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    prepared by double directed lithiation of 9,9-dimethylxanthene with sec-butyllithium followed by treatment with chlorodiphenylphosphine. Birkholz, Mandy-Nicole;...
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    anionic copolymerization. Typically, an organometallic compound such as butyllithium is used as a catalyst. Butadiene is then added and after styrene again...
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    the strongest Arrhenius base; however, a number of compounds such as n-butyllithium, sodium amide, sodium hydride, caesium hydride, etc., which cannot be...
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    participate in reactions with certain strong nucleophiles however. Tert-butyllithium deprotonates DCM: H2CCl2 + RLi → HCCl2Li + RH Methyllithium reacts with...
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  • very slowly in the presence of moisture. Organometallic reagents like butyllithium (hexameric cluster, [BuLi]6) or methylmagnesium bromide (ether complex...
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  • Commonly, the mixture called Schlosser's base is produced by combining n-butyllithium and potassium tert-butoxide in a one-to-one ratio. The high reactivity...
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    treatment with hydrogen chloride. It reacts with lithium metal to give n-butyllithium: 2 Li + CH3(CH2)3Cl → CH3(CH2)3Li + LiCl Record in the GESTIS Substance...
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    Lithium, east of the A41 at Wirral International Business Park, makes butyllithium and other organometallic compounds. At Port Sunlight, Unilever make and...
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  • deprotonated with a strong base such as n-butyllithium: [Ph3P+CH2R]X− + C4H9Li → Ph3P=CHR + LiX + C4H10 Besides n-butyllithium (nBuLi), other strong bases like...
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  • now part of Chevron Corporation North British Locomotive Company n-Butyllithium, an organic compound Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, an astronaut training...
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    three-carbon building block for organic synthesis. Deprotonation with n-butyllithium gives propynyllithium. This nucleophilic reagent adds to carbonyl groups...
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