carbon chloride
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lithium amide?
I'm just wondering since I noticed lithium amide is pretty easy to make, how exactly does it work... does it react with alcohols in the manner of
LiNH2 + R-OH > LiOH + R-NH2?
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No it would deprontonate to form NH3 and LiOR
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oh, ok then. That makes sense.
[Edited on 22-8-2009 by carbon chloride]
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The amide anion, in a suitable solvent, is a very powerful nucleophile, and so would be expected to react with electron-deficient molecules. In
particular, it adds across the double bond of substituted ethylenes to form an amine which is also a lithium salt, and this adds onto another molecule
of the substituted ethylene, and so on - anionic polymerization.
[Edited on 24-8-09 by JohnWW]
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ah that's interesting that it can add across double bonds... can't think of any particular applications of this yet but will keep it in mind thanks.
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