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Butyllithium

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Butyllithium may refer to one of 5 isomeric organolithium reagents of which 3 are commonly used in chemical synthesis:

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Butyllithium may refer to one of 5 isomeric organolithium reagents of which 3 are commonly used in chemical synthesis: n-Butyllithium, abbreviated BuLi or nBuLi sec-Butyllithium, abbreviated sec-BuLi or sBuLi, has 2 stereoisomers, but is commonly used as racemate tert-Butyllithium, abbreviated tert-BuLi or tBuLi Isobutyllithium

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