Neopentyllithium

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Neopentyllithium
Identifiers
CAS number 7412-67-1

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Properties
Molecular formula C5H11Li
Molar mass 78.08 g mol−1
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Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C (77 °F), 100 kPa)
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Neopentyllithium is an organolithium compound with the chemical formula C5H11Li. Commercially available, it is a strong, non-nucleophilic base sometimes encountered in organometallic chemistry.

Further reading

  • Fraenkel, Gideon; Chow, Albert; Winchester, William R. (1990). "Structure and dynamic behavior of solvated neopentyllithium monomers, dimers, and tetramers: proton, carbon-13 and lithium-6 NMR". Journal of the American Chemical Society 112: 6190. doi:10.1021/ja00173a005. 


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