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Chemical compound
Lithium propionate, known also as Lithium propanoate and abbreviated as EtCOOLi is a lithium salt of propionic acid, and is the lightest of the metal propionates.
Lithium propionate is used in laboratory research. Like the closely related lithium acetate (LiOAc), lithium propionate is used as a buffer in certain cosmetic products [1]. Lithium propionate has also been investigated in the development of electrodes, where secondary lithium electrodes were introduced in propylene carbonate [2]. In organic synthesis, lithium propionate esters have been used to stereoselectively induce alternating methyl and methoxy moieties in α-β unsaturated esters through a Michael addition reaction. [3]
