After 118 years, the isolation of two common radical anion reductants as simple, stable solids?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2008-11-20 DOI: 10.1039/B815272A

Abstract

Two common radical anion reductants, potassium benzophenone ketyl (K(Ph2CO)) and potassium naphthalenide (K2(C10H8)2(THF)), have been isolated and characterized for the first time in solvent-free form or with low solvent content, allowing their use as pure solid reactants in preparative redox chemistry in accurate stoichiometric amounts.

Graphical abstract: After 118 years, the isolation of two common radical anion reductants as simple, stable solids
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