:Propynyllithium
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| IUPACName = 1-Lithium-1-propyne
| OtherNames = 1-Propyn-1-yllithium
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| CASNo = 4529-04-8
| PubChem = 78287
| ChemSpiderID = 10488464
| EINECS = 224-862-4
| SMILES = [Li+].CC#[C-]
| StdInChI= 1S/C3H3.Li/c1-3-2;/h1H3;/q-1;+1
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| C=3|H=3|Li=1
| Appearance = Whitish powder
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Propynyllithium is an organolithium compound with the chemical formula {{chem|Li|C|2|C|H|3}}. It is a white solid that is soluble in 1,2-dimethoxyethane, and tetrahydrofuran. To preclude its degradation by oxygen and water, propynyllithium and its solutions are handled under inert gas (argon or nitrogen).{{cite book|last1=Greeves|first1=Nicholas|title=Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis|publisher=onlinelibrary.wiley.com|doi=10.1002/047084289X.rp277|date=15 April 2001|isbn=978-0471936237|chapter=Propynyllithium}} Although commonly depicted as a monomer,
propynyllithium adopts a more complicated cluster structure as seen for many other organolithium compounds.
Synthesis
Various preparations of propynyllithium are known, but the most expeditious route starts with 1-bromopropene:{{cite journal|title=Synthesis of 1-Iodopropyne|author1=Samuel G. Bartko |author2=James Deng |author3=Rick L. Danheiser |journal=Org. Synth.|year=2016|volume=93|page=245|doi=10.15227/orgsyn.093.0245|doi-access=free}}{{cite journal|last1=Toussaint|first1=Dominique|last2=Suffert|first2=Jean|title=Generation of 1-Propynyllithium From (Z/E)-1-Bromo-1-propene: 6-Phenylhex-2-yn-5-en-4-ol|journal=J. Org. Chem.|date=1999|volume=60|pages=3550–3553}}
:CH3CH=CHBr + 2 BuLi → CH3C≡CLi + 2 BuH + LiBr
=Historic routes=
It can be prepared by passing propyne gas through a solution of n-butyllithium{{cite patent|title=Acetylenic lead compounds and gasoline compositions thereof|country= US |number=3185553}} or by direct metallization of propyne with lithium in liquid ammonia or other solvent. Propyne, however, is an expensive gas, and, therefore, it is sometimes replaced by less expensive gas mixtures used for welding and containing a small percentage of propyne.
Applications
Propynyllithium is used in the organic synthesis as a reactant. It is a nucleophile that adds to aldehydes to give secondary alcohols, with ketones to give tertiary alcohols, and with acid chlorides to give ketones containing the propynyl group. These reactions are used in the synthesis of complex natural and synthetic substances such as the drug mifepristone.{{cite journal|last1=Hazra|first1=B.G.|last2=Pore|first2=V.S.|title=Mifepristone (RU-486), the recently developed antiprogesterone drug and its analogues|journal=Journal of the Indian Institute of Science|date=2001|volume=81|pages=287–298}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.alfa.com/ru/content/msds/USA/44153.pdf Safety Data Sheet]
{{Lithium compounds}}