Re: OOOOps, I forgot to add something

Craig Fryhle (fryhle@u.washington.edu)
Mon, 9 Dec 1996 14:54:35 -0800 (PST)

Yes, Masako. THF is a frequently employed solvent in reactions with
organolithium reagents. It is a relatively inert solvent, much as is
diethyl ether, but it also has more desirable physical properties (bp and
solubility) the diethyl ether.

CBF

On Mon, 9 Dec 1996 watanama@PLU.edu wrote:

> I believe that you can use either diethyl ether or THF as solvents.
> Although the book uses diethyl ether as examples, it
> does not seem to matter which ether you use because it is not involved in
> the NET reaction and formation of the organolithium compounds. (It is not
> part of the products.)
> I hope this is correct!
>
>
> On Sun, 8 Dec 1996 heldelsj@plu.edu wrote:
>
> > I forgot the second question to my last message so now you have another
> > message to answer. Does it matter if Diethyl ether or THF is used when
> > forming organolithium compounds? So if using 2 Li with THF, will the
> > same compound be formed that is formed when 2 Li is used in Diethyl ether?
> >
> > heldelsj
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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