Saturday, July 19, 2008

preparation of LN (lithium naphthalenide)

Tetrehedron P370, year ??
0.66 m solution:
Li 0.82 g, naphthalene 16.6 g, THF 180 mL.
Ar protected.
rt. stirred for 1 day.
dark blue solution.
stored in fridge.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

If you sonicate the soln, it can be generated in about 15 min. Li freshly cut into small pieces, obviously.