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sec-Butyllithium

Catalog No. L17047 Name Alfa Aesar
CAS Number 598-30-1 Website
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Purity 12% (ca 1.4M) in cyclohexane/hexane, packed in resealable septum seal bottle Email
Storage Chembase ID: 128505

SYNONYMS

Title
仲丁基锂
IUPAC name
butyllithium
IUPAC Traditional name
butyllithium
Synonyms
Secondary Butyllithium

DATABASE IDS

MDL Number MFCD00009323
Beilstein Number 3587206
EC Number 209-927-7
CAS Number 598-30-1

PROPERTIES

Purity 12% (ca 1.4M) in cyclohexane/hexane, packed in resealable septum seal bottle
Density 0.750
Flash Point -18°C(-0.4°F)
GHS Pictograms GHS02
GHS Pictograms GHS05
GHS Pictograms GHS07
GHS Pictograms GHS08
GHS Pictograms GHS09
GHS Hazard statements H250-H260-H304-H314-H318-H400-H410-H336
European Hazard Symbols X
European Hazard Symbols Corrosive Corrosive (C)
European Hazard Symbols Flammable Flammable (F)
European Hazard Symbols Nature polluting Nature polluting (N)
GHS Precautionary statements P280-P273-P305+P351+P338-P309+P311-P370+P378I-P501A
Risk Statements 11-14/15-17-34-50/53-65-67
Safety Statements 9-16-23-26-36/37/39-43-45-57
Storage Warning Air & Moisture Sensitive
TSCA Listed
Hazard Class 4.2
UN Number UN3394
Packing Group I

DETAILS

REFERENCES

  • Widely used base for directed metallation reactions. For use in combination with TMEDA for ortho-lithiation of an N,N-dialkyl benzamide, and of 1-Boc-indoline at the 7-position, see: Org. Synth. Coll., 8, 124, 559 (1998).
  • With KO-t-Bu forms a "superbasic" reagent (Schlosser's Base): Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 12, 508 (1973). For use in the conversion of ɑ?-unsaturated acetals to alkoxy dienes, see: J. Org. Chem., 59, 3494, 5458 (1994).
  • Limited shelf life. During storage white precipitate of LiH may form.