sec-butyllithium
Sign in to save'''sec-Butyllithium' is an organometallic compound with the formula CH3CHLiCH2CH3, abbreviated sec-BuLi or s-BuLi. This chiral organolithium reagent is used as a source of sec''-butyl carbanion in organic synthesis.
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- Has part
- hydrogen
- Mass
- 64.086
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- chemical formula
- C₄H₉Li
- canonical SMILES
- [Li+].CC[CH-]C
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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 as a source of sec-butyl carbanion in organic synthesis.
==Synthesis== sec-BuLi can be prepared by the reaction of sec-butyl halides with lithium metal:
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