Patent ID: 8197707

Claim:
A lithium reagent-porous oxide composition consisting essentially of RLi absorbed into a porous oxide, wherein: R is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, an alkaryl group, or an NR 1 R 2 group; R 1 is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, an alkaryl group or an Si(R 3 ) 3 group; R 2 is hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, an alkaryl group, or an Si(R 3 ) 3 group; and R 3 is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, or an alkaryl group.