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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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Chemical data
- Formula
- C4H9Li
- Molecular weight
- 64.1 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- lithium butane
- SMILES
- [Li+].CC[CH-]C
- InChIKey
- WGOPGODQLGJZGL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- 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
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- Synthesis
- Properties
- Physical properties
- Chemical properties
- Applications
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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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