lithium methoxide

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| IUPACName = Lithium methoxide

| OtherNames = Lithium methanolate

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| CASNo = 865-34-9

| PubChem = 164741

| ChemSpiderID = 144418

| SMILES = [Li+].[O-]C

| InChI = 1/CH3O.Li/c1-2;/h1H3;/q-1;+1

| InChIKey = JILPJDVXYVTZDQ-UHFFFAOYAW

| StdInChI = 1S/CH3O.Li/c1-2;/h1H3;/q-1;+1

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| Formula = CH₃LiO

| MolarMass = 37.975

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Lithium methoxide is a compound with formula LiCH₃O. It is the lithium salt of methanol. Like other alkali metal alkoxides, lithium methoxide adopts a polymeric structure{{Cite journal|last=WHEATLEY|first=P. J.|date=1960-03-05|title=Structure of Lithium Methoxide|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=185|issue=4714|pages=681–682|doi=10.1038/185681b0|bibcode=1960Natur.185..681W |s2cid=6915735}} Its solubility in common polar aprotic solvents like THF is low; however, it is soluble in methanol and is available commercially as a 10% solution.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fmclithium.com/Portals/FMCLithium/content/docs/DataSheet/QS-PDS-014%20r2.pdf|title=Lithium Methoxide (LiOMe) in 10% Methanol|date=2016|website=FMC lithium|access-date=6 Sep 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906225624/http://www.fmclithium.com/Portals/FMCLithium/content/docs/DataSheet/QS-PDS-014%20r2.pdf|archive-date=6 September 2017|url-status=dead}}

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