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tert-Butyllithium

C4H9LiCAS 594-19-464.06 g/mol

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Li

Properties

Molecular formula
C4H9Li
Molar mass
64.06 g/mol
Exact mass
64.0864 Da
Density
0.862–0.966 g/mL
logP
1.24Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
0.0 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
0 / 0
Rotatable bonds
0

Identifiers

CAS number
594-19-4
SMILES
C[C](C)C.[Li]
InChIKey
BKDLGMUIXWPYGD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C4H9.Li/c1-4(2)3;/h1-3H3;

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Names and synonyms

5 names
  • Lithium, (1,1-dimethylethyl)-
  • Lithium, tert-butyl-
  • (1,1-Dimethylethyl)lithium
  • t-Butyllithium
  • tBuLi

Work with tert-Butyllithium

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Similar compounds

Dichlorobis(1,1-dimethylethyl)stannane19429-30-240 % similar tert-Butylmagnesium chloride677-22-540 % similar Lithium hydride (lid)13587-16-133 % similar Lithium7439-93-233 % similar Lithium hydride7580-67-833 % similar

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue. All similar compounds

Same formula

n-Butyllithium109-72-8 sec-Butyllithium598-30-1 Isobutyllithium920-36-5

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