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n-Butyllithium solution

2.7 M in heptane

Synonym(s):

n-BuLi, Butyl lithium, Butyllithium solution, Lithium-1-butanide

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)3Li
CAS Number:
109-72-8
Molecular Weight:
64.06
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1209227
MDL number:
MFCD00009414
UNSPSC Code:
12352103
PubChem Substance ID:
57647819
NACRES:
NA.22

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form

liquid

Quality Level

200

shelf life

limited shelf life

concentration

2.7 M in heptane

color

yellow

density

0.71 g/mL at 20 °C

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

[Li]CCCC

InChI

1S/C4H9.Li/c1-3-4-2;/h1,3-4H2,2H3;

InChI key

MZRVEZGGRBJDDB-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

n-Butyllithium is a strong nucleophile in the synthetic organic chemistry.[1] It is also used as an initiator in the polymerization process.[2]

Caution

a precipitate of lithium hydride can form on longer storage

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Asp. Tox. 1 - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B - STOT SE 3 - Water-react 1

target_organs

Central nervous system

supp_hazards

EUH014

Storage Class

4.2 - Pyrophoric and self-heating hazardous materials

wgk_germany

WGK 2

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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Methylsulfinyl carbanion (CH3-SO-CH2-). Formation and applications to organic synthesis
Corey EJ and Chaykovsky M
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 87(6), 1345-1353 (1965)
Some trends observed in [60] fullerene polymerization activated by butyllithium isomers
Atovmyan EG, et al.
Russian Chemical Bulletin, 61(11), 2178-2179 (2012)
Tatiana Guzzo et al.
Biomolecules, 10(11) (2020-10-30)
The stability and the degradation of polymers in physiological conditions are very important issues in biomedical applications. The copolymer of hyaluronic acid and poly-D,L-lactic acid (made available in a product called DAC®) produces a hydrogel which retains the hydrophobic character
Jennifer L Rutherford et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 124(2), 264-271 (2002-01-10)
6Li and (13)C NMR spectroscopic studies were carried out on [(6)Li]n-BuLi and [(6)Li]PhLi (RLi) in toluene-d(8) containing the following diamines: N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA), N,N,N',N'-tetraethylethylenediamine, 1,2-dipyrrolidinoethane, 1,2-dipiperidinoethane, N,N,N',N'-tetramethylpropanediamine, trans-(R,R)-N,N,N',N'-tetramethylcyclohexanediamine, and (-)-sparteine. Dimers of general structure (RLi)(2)S(2) (S = chelating diamine) are formed
Graeme Barker et al.
Organic letters, 12(18), 4176-4179 (2010-08-20)
A diamine-free protocol for the s-BuLi-mediated lithiation-trapping of N-Boc heterocycles has been developed. In the optimized procedure, lithiation is accomplished using s-BuLi in THF at -30 °C for only 5 or 10 min. Subsequent electrophilic trapping or transmetalation-Negishi coupling delivered
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