phenyllithium

Chemical compound

Chemical compoundtype of chemical entityQ419478

Formula: LiC₆H₅
1
Sources
1.Stated in PubChem
View statement on Wikidata ↗
Mass: 84.0551 Da

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Phenyllithium is an organometallic agent with the empirical formula C6H5Li. It is most commonly used as a metalating agent in organic syntheses and a substitute for Grignard reagents for introducing phenyl groups in organic syntheses. Crystalline phenyllithium is colorless; however, solutions of phenyllithium are various shades of brown or red depending on the solvent used and the impurities present in the solute.

Overview

Chemistry

Computed by PubChem CID 637932 (NIH) · Public domain

Molecular formula: C6H5Li
Molecular weight: 84.1 g/mol
IUPAC name: lithium benzene
SMILES: [Li+].C1=CC=[C-]C=C1
InChIKey: DBYQHFPBWKKZAT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Topological polar surface area: 0 Å²
H-bond donors / acceptors: 0 / 1
Complexity: 95

Chemistry

All data

34 statements · 29% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Canonical SMILES: [Li]c1ccccc1
Members / parts: lithium
carbon
hydrogen
Subclass of: chemical compound

On other databases

19 identifiers linking phenyllithium across the web's reference databases

Data quality

statements

29%

externally sourced

Source last edited June 19, 2026. AIDB refreshes this page daily.

Suggest a fact or correction

Links

Use this data

curl https://aidb.si/api/v1/entities/Q419478

API docs, limits & keys

Cite this page

AIDB. (2026). phenyllithium (Q419478). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/phenyllithium-Q419478