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Lithium diisopropylamide

97%

Synonym(s):

LDA

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Linear Formula:
[(CH3)2CH]2NLi
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
107.12
UNSPSC Code:
12352001
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
223-893-0
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3655042
MDL number:
Assay:
97%
Form:
solid
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vapor density

>1 (vs air)

Quality Level

assay

97%

form

solid

density

0.864 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

amine

SMILES string

[Li]N(C(C)C)C(C)C

InChI

1S/C6H14N.Li/c1-5(2)7-6(3)4;/h5-6H,1-4H3;/q-1;+1

InChI key

ZCSHNCUQKCANBX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) is a hindered non-nucleophilic strong base that abstracts hydrogen from active carbon. It can be prepared from diisopropylamine and butyllithium in the presence of tetrahydrofuran.

Application

Lithium diisopropylamide can be used for the generation of carbanion or enolate anions from carbonyl group-containing compounds.
It can also be used as a base in:
  • The direct alkylation and acylation of ketones.
  • The aldol condensation reaction.
  • α-Selenation reaction.
  • The synthesis of α, β- unsaturated carbonyl compounds from carbonyl compounds.
  • The alkylation of acids, esters, amides, and nitriles.
  • The initiation of anionic polymerization.



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Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1 - Pyr. Sol. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B

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Storage Class

4.2 - Pyrophoric and self-heating hazardous materials

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WGK 2

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Aldrichimica Acta, 17, 80-80 (1984)
Metalated Nitriles: Internal 1, 2-Asymmetric Induction
Fleming FF, et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 46(37), 7098-7100 (2007)
KF/Al2O3 and PEG-400 as a recyclable medium for the selective ?-selenation of aldehydes and ketones. Preparation of potential antimicrobial agents
Victoria FN, et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 50(49), 6761-6763 (2009)