Which is better nucleophile : Methyl Lithium or Methyl Magnesium bromide
1i know tat Methyl Lithium is SUPER base
Not all nucleophiles are strong enough to act as bases and not all bases make good nucleophiles.
li has jus 1 e- so it can donate easily
but here grignard forms substitution most probably
and methyl lithium not
si my gues is >>>>>>>>>>better nucleophile : Methyl Lithium
corect me if m rong
>>>>>>>>>>
1I agree with Abhishek , why does everybody write CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG?
coming to your Q , weaker baese make better nucleophiles.
both are equally good , except that METHYL LITHIUM IS costly , and thus Grignard reagent is more commonly used.
for yield both are very similsr doesn't make much of a difference
