Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
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ISBN: 9781118875766
Author: T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig B. Fryhle, Scott A. Snyder
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 12, Problem 5PP
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The reagents that are necessary to achieve the following transformations.

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Organolithium compounds are strong bases. They react with compounds containing hydrogen attached to electronegative atoms such as oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur. They are denoted as follows:

Organic Chemistry, Chapter 12, Problem 5PP

Organolithiums are formed by the reduction of organic halides with lithium metal in the presence of diethyl ether at low temperatures. They are highly reactive to water or alcohols.

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