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n-Butyllithium solution

2.0 M in cyclohexane

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:
24858234
NACRES:
NA.22

form

liquid

Quality Level

200

concentration

2.0 M in cyclohexane

bp

80 °C

density

0.775 g/mL at 25 °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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General description

n-Butyllithium (n-BuLi) is an organolithium reagent widely used as a strong base (superbase) in organic synthesis for the preparation of various chemical intermediates. It is also used as a reagent for lithium-halogen exchange and lithium-metal transmetalation reactions. n-BuLi is capable of lithiating carbon acids.

Application

n-Butyllithium (2.0 M in cyclohexane) can be used as:      
  • A polymerization initiator to synthesize polystyrenes by anionic polymerization of styrene.      
  • A strong base in the diastereoselective alkylation reactions.
  • A reagent to synthesize 2-benzoylpyrroles by reacting benzaldehydes with di(1H-pyrrol-1-yl)zirconium(IV) chloride complex.

Packaging

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

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Sure/Seal is a trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Asp. Tox. 1 - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Skin Corr. 1B - STOT SE 3 - Water-react 1

target_organs

Respiratory system

supp_hazards

EUH014

Storage Class

4.3 - Hazardous materials, which set free flammable gases upon contact with water

wgk_germany

WGK 2

flash_point_f

-0.4 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

-18 °C - closed cup

ppe

Faceshields, Gloves, Goggles, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

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Comparison of the synthetic utility of n-butyllithium and lithium diisopropylamide in the metalations of N, N-dialkyltoluamides.
Ludt RE, et al
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 38(9), 1668-1674 (1973)
Arene-metal complexes. 13. Reaction of substituted (benzene) tricarbonylchromium complexes with n-butyllithium.
Card RJ and Trahanovsky WS.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 45(13), 2560-2566 (1980)
High-field proton NMR study of the aggregation and complexation of n-butyllithium in tetrahydrofuran.
McGarrity JF and Ogle CA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 107(7), 1805-1810 (1985)
Lithium intercalation via n-butyllithium of the layered transition metal dichalcogenides.
Dines MB.
Materials Research Bulletin, 10(4), 287-291 (1975)
Yuqiang Ma et al.
ACS nano, 9(7), 7383-7391 (2015-07-01)
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconducting monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have stimulated lots of interest because they are direct bandgap materials that have reasonably good mobility values. However, contact between most metals and semiconducting TMDCs like 2H phase WSe2 are highly resistive
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