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Lithium tert-butoxide
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<p>Lithium <i>tert</i>-butoxide is the <a href="/facts/Metalorganic_compound/WFv2Ypum">metalorganic compound</a> with the formula LiOC(CH3)3. A white solid, it is used as a strong base in <a href="/facts/Organic_synthesis/aprl6Iq7">organic synthesis</a>. The compound is often depicted as a salt, and it often behaves as such, but it is not ionized in solution. Both octameric and hexameric forms have been characterized by <a href="/facts/X-ray_crystallography/WtI0F5DN">X-ray crystallography</a>. </p>