Both of the following organometallic reagents will be encountered later in this chapter. S...

Both of the following organometallic reagents will be encountered later in this chapter. Suggest a suitable name for each.

(a) (CH3)3CLi

(b)

Sample Solution (a) The metal lithium provides the base name for (CH3)3CLi. The alkyl group to which lithium is bonded is tert-butyl, and so the name of this organometallic compound is tert-butyllithium. An alternative, equally correct name is 1,1-dimethylethyllithium.