Author Topic: Acetone Enolate via lithium  (Read 1573 times)

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timsong

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Acetone Enolate via lithium
« on: November 30, 2001, 03:56:00 PM »
Can the sodium metal in the procedure for making Acetone Enolate be substitutes with lithium metal, or will the lithium ethoxide not be strong enough (if there is such a thing as lithium ethoxide ?)

Rhodium

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Re: Acetone Enolate via lithium
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2001, 04:25:00 PM »
Lithium is okay to use, but it is the anion that is critical. I don't know if ethoxide is a strong enough base, but tert-butoxide certainly is, and perhaps isopropoxide is.