Re: Organolithium compounds
schellkm@plu.edu
Sun, 08 Dec 1996 23:30:53 -0800 (PST)
The reaction for forming organolithium compounds is:
R-X + 2Li --\ RLi + LiX
1 2
Therefore, two moles of Li are needed because there are two moles of Li
in the products. I hope this is correct.
On Sun, 8 Dec 1996 heldelsj@plu.edu wrote:
> When organolithium compounds are prepared, why are 2 mols of Li used
> instead of just one? Could someone please explain this to me?
> Thanks,
> heldelsj
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