Lithium diisopropylamide

Part of the crystal structure of lithium diisopropylamide.

Lithium diisopropylamide is a chemical compound. Its chemical formula is [(CH₃)₂CH]₂NLi. It is used as a strong base. It is a colorless solid. It was first made by Hamell and Levine in 1950.^[1]

Lithium diisopropylamide is used as the primary example of a superbase by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.^[2]

Lithium Diisopropylamide Media

LDA dimer with THF coordinated to Li centers
Deprotonation using LDA doi 10.15227/orgsyn.087.0137

References

↑ Hamell, Matthew. Condensations Effected by the Alkali Amides. Iv. The Reactions of Esters with Lithium Amide and Certain Substituted Lithium Amides1 (in en). The Journal of Organic Chemistry 15 (1) (January 1950). p. 162–168. doi:10.1021/jo01147a026.
↑ International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. "superacid". Compendium of Chemical Terminology Internet edition.

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[1] Hamell, Matthew. Condensations Effected by the Alkali Amides. Iv. The Reactions of Esters with Lithium Amide and Certain Substituted Lithium Amides1 (in en). The Journal of Organic Chemistry 15 (1) (January 1950). p. 162–168. doi:10.1021/jo01147a026.

[2] International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. "superacid". Compendium of Chemical Terminology Internet edition.

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