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n-Butyllithium solution

2.7 M in heptane

Synonym(s):

n-BuLi, Butyl lithium, Butyllithium solution, Lithium-1-butanide

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)3Li
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
64.06
UNSPSC Code:
12352103
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
MDL number:
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1209227
Concentration:
2.7 M in heptane
Form:
liquid
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form

liquid

Quality Level

shelf life

limited shelf life

concentration

2.7 M in heptane

color

yellow

density

0.71 g/mL at 20 °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

Application

n-Butyllithium is a strong nucleophile in the synthetic organic chemistry. It is also used as an initiator in the polymerization process.

Disclaimer

a precipitate of lithium hydride can form on longer storage


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target_organs

Central nervous system

supp_hazards

signalword

Danger

Storage Class

4.2 - Pyrophoric and self-heating hazardous materials

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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

Hazard Classifications

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

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Some trends observed in [60] fullerene polymerization activated by butyllithium isomers
Atovmyan EG, et al.
Russian Chemical Bulletin, 61(11), 2178-2179 (2012)
Tatiana Guzzo et al.
Biomolecules, 10(11) (2020-10-30)
The stability and the degradation of polymers in physiological conditions are very important issues in biomedical applications. The copolymer of hyaluronic acid and poly-D,L-lactic acid (made available in a product called DAC®) produces a hydrogel which retains the hydrophobic character
Methylsulfinyl carbanion (CH3-SO-CH2-). Formation and applications to organic synthesis
Corey EJ and Chaykovsky M
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 87(6), 1345-1353 (1965)



Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
20159-100ML-F04061837885556
20159-500ML-F04061837885563