| Identification | Back Directory | [Name]
LITHIUM DIETHYLAMIDE | [CAS]
816-43-3 | [Synonyms]
Diethyllithioamine
Diethylaminolithium
N-Lithiodiethylamine
LITHIUM DIETHYLAMIDE
(Diethylamino)lithium
LITHIUM DIETHYLAMIDE, 95+%
Lithiumdiethylamideoffwhitepowder
Ethanamine, N-ethyl-, lithium salt | [EINECS(EC#)]
212-433-4 | [Molecular Formula]
C4H12LiN | [MDL Number]
MFCD00040489 | [MOL File]
816-43-3.mol | [Molecular Weight]
81.09 |
| Chemical Properties | Back Directory | [solubility ]
sol THF, Et2O, Et2O-hexane mixtures, Et2O-benzene mixtures; insol hydrocarbon solvents | [form ]
solid | [pka]
pKa = 31.7 | [color ]
off-white to light-orange | [Sensitive ]
moisture sensitive |
| Hazard Information | Back Directory | [Uses]
Lithium Diethylamide is used as a strong base; nitrogen nucleophile.
| [Synthesis Reference(s)]
1.Normant, H.; Cuvigny, T.; Reisdorf, D. CR(C) 1969, 268, 521.
2. Gaudemar-Bardone, F.; Gaudemar, M. S 1979, 463.
| [Synthesis]
Lithium Diethylamide is synthesized by treating diethylamine with Phenyllithium or n-Butyllithium or, alternatively, by treating diethylamine with Lithium metal in the presence of Hexamethylphosphoric Triamide or an electron acceptor.1,2
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