Lithium dimethylamide

Structural formula
General
Surname	Lithium dimethylamide
Molecular formula	(CH 3 ) 2 NLi
Brief description	white solid
External identifiers / databases
CAS number 3585-33-9 EC number 222-714-3 ECHA InfoCard 100.020.650 PubChem 5152226 Wikidata Q43685668
properties
Molar mass	51.02 g mol −1
Physical state	firmly
solubility	reacts violently with water
safety instructions
GHS labeling of hazardous substances danger H and P phrases H: 250-261-314 P: 222-231 + 232-280-305 + 351 + 338-310-422
As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

Lithium dimethylamide is a chemical compound of lithium from the group of amides .

Extraction and presentation

Lithium dimethylamide can be obtained by reacting butyllithium in hexane with dimethylamine .

${\displaystyle \mathrm {LiBu+HNMe_{2}\longrightarrow LiNMe_{2}+BuH} }$

properties

Lithium dimethylamide is a white solid that reacts violently with water.

use

Lithium dimethylamide is used in the synthesis of some organoimido complexes of transition metals and for other syntheses.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} data sheet Lithium dimethylamide, 95% from Sigma-Aldrich , accessed on September 2, 2017 ( PDF ).
2. ↑ ^{a b c} data sheet Lithium dimethylamide, 96% from AlfaAesar, accessed on September 2, 2017 ( PDF )(JavaScript required) .
3. ↑ Inorganic Syntheses . John Wiley & Sons, 2009, ISBN 0-470-13287-6 , pp. 53 ( limited preview in Google Book search).