The (d, ⁶Li) reaction has been studied for targets of ⁴⁰Ca, ³⁹K, ²⁷Al, and ²⁶Mg at an incident energy of 50 MeV. Excitation of the ground state and lowest-lying 2⁺ and 4⁺ states is observed in ³⁶Ar and ²²Ne as well as ...