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Lithium diisopropylamide [(CH3)2CH]2NLi, referred to as LDA, enjoys many uses as a strong...

Lithium diisopropylamide [(CH3)2CH]2NLi, referred to as LDA, enjoys many uses as a strong base in synthetic organic chemistry (Section 18.1). It is customarily prepared by the reaction of diisopropylamine [(CH3)2CH]2NH with butyllithium. Write a chemical equation for the Brønsted acid-base reaction that occurs. Represent butyllithium as if it were the carbanion: and use curved arrows to show the flow of electrons. Identify the acid, base, conjugate acid, and conjugate base.

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