Question: Butyllithium is commercially available and is frequently used by organic chemists as a strong base. Show how you could use butyllithium to prepare solutions containing

Butyllithium is commercially available and is frequently used by organic chemists as a strong base. Show how you could use butyllithium to prepare solutions containing
(a) Lithium diethylamide, (CH3CH2)2NLi
(b) Lithium 1-hexanolate, CH3 (CH2)4CH2OLi
(c) Lithium benzenethiolate, C6H5SLi

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