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sec-Butyllithium
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<p><i>sec</i>-Butyllithium is an <a href="/facts/Organometallic_compound/bhqFz2P0">organometallic compound</a> with the <a href="/facts/Chemical_formula/hghUtthl">formula</a> CH3CHLiCH2CH3, abbreviated <i>sec</i>-BuLi or <i>s</i>-BuLi. This <a href="/facts/Chiral_(chemistry)/p5a9pftB">chiral</a> <a href="/facts/Organolithium_reagent/xgYnjhP3">organolithium reagent</a> is used as a source of <i>sec</i>-butyl <a href="/facts/Carbanion/AyYH2udQ">carbanion</a> in <a href="/facts/Organic_synthesis/aprl6Iq7">organic synthesis</a>. </p>