Neopentyllithium

Neopentyllithium
Identifiers
CAS number	7412-67-1
Jmol-3D images	Image 1
SMILES CC(C)(C)C[Li]
Properties
Molecular formula	C5H11Li
Molar mass	78.08 g mol−1
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Neopentyllithium is an organolithium compound with the chemical formula C₅H₁₁Li. Commercially available, it is a strong, non-nucleophilic base sometimes encountered in organometallic chemistry.

Further reading

• Fraenkel, Gideon; Chow, Albert; Winchester, William R. (1990). "Structure and dynamic behavior of solvated neopentyllithium monomers, dimers, and tetramers: proton, carbon-13 and lithium-6 NMR". Journal of the American Chemical Society 112: 6190. doi:10.1021/ja00173a005.