Neopentyllithium

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| IUPACName = Neopentyllithium

| PIN = 2,2-Dimethylpropyllithium

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|Section1={{Chembox Identifiers

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| CASNo = 7412-67-1

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| UNII = Y3X266EZG5

| PubChem =10898631

| DTXSID = DTXSID80447510

| SMILES = CC(C)(C)C[Li]

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| ChemSpiderID = 10660196

| InChI = 1/C5H11.Li/c1-5(2,3)4;/h1H2,2-4H3;/rC5H11Li/c1-5(2,3)4-6/h4H2,1-3H3

| InChIKey = UWLFCNHEPBTLHT-OBZUOXEOAE

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| StdInChI = 1S/C5H11.Li/c1-5(2,3)4;/h1H2,2-4H3;

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| C=5 | H=11 | Li=1

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| MeltingPtC = 145.71

| BoilingPtC = 389.39

| Solubility = Decomposes

| SolubleOther = Hydrocarbons, THF, ether}}

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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.