Journal of the American Chemical Society

Sodium in Liquid Ammonia as a Dehydrohalogenation Agent and its Use in the Synthesis of Acetylenes

TH Vaughn

Index: Vaughn Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1934 , vol. 56, p. 2065

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Citation Number: 11

Abstract

The action of solutions of sodium in liquid ammonia on organic halides has received considerable attention. It has been shown'that the halogen is removed quantitatively by such solutions from all types of organic halides. The fate of the organic residue, however, has been determined in only a relatively small number of cases. An examination of the reported work reveals that although sodium in liquid ammonia usually acts as a dehalogenation ...