561452

Ethyllithium solution

0.5 M in benzene: cyclohexane

• Synonym(s): Ethyllithium
• Linear Formula: CH₃CH₂Li
• CAS Number: 811-49-4
• Molecular Weight: 36.00
• Beilstein: 3587196
• MDL number: MFCD00053747
• UNSPSC Code: 12352103
• PubChem Substance ID: 24879948
• NACRES: NA.22

Properties

• concentration: 0.5 M in benzene: cyclohexane
• density: 0.862 g/mL at 25 °C
• storage temp.: 2-8°C
• SMILES string: [Li]CC
• InChI: 1S/C2H5.Li/c1-2;/h1H2,2H3;
• InChI key: BLHLJVCOVBYQQS-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

Application

Ethyllithium is a general organolithium reagent used in the nucleophilic addition reaction to synthesize a variety of intermediates.

Packaging

The 25 mL Sure/Seal^™ bottle is recommended as a single-use bottle. Repeated punctures will likely result in decreased performance of product.

Legal Information

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Safety Information

• Flash Point(F): -17.0 °F - closed cup
• Flash Point(C): -27.22 °C - closed cup