Keywords: Butyllithium-hexamer-from-xtal-3D-balls-D.png Ball-and-stick model of the distorted Li<sub>6</sub> octahedron core of the butyllithium hexamer C<sub>4</sub>H<sub>9</sub>Li <sub>6</sub> For the sake of clarity only the first carbon atom of each butyl chain is displayed X-ray crystallographic data from cite journal Structures of Classical Reagents in Chemical Synthesis nBuLi <sub>6</sub> tBuLi <sub>4</sub> and the Metastable tBuLi ยท Et<sub>2</sub>O <sub>2</sub> T Kottke D Stalke Angew Chem Int Ed Engl September 1993 32 4 580-582 10 1002/anie 199305801 Own 2008-12-08 Ben Mills Benjah-bmm27 Images by Ben Mills Ball-and-stick models Butyllithium hexamer |