Synthesis and structures of two thermally stable sodides with the macrocyclic complexant hexamethyl hexacyclen

ME Kuchenmeister, JL Dye

Index: Kuchenmeister, Mark E.; Dye, James L. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1989 , vol. 111, # 3 p. 935 - 938

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Abstract

Abstract: Although a number of salts with alkali-metal anions (alkalides) or trapped electrons (electrides) are known, previously all were thermally unstable to irreversible decomposition of the cation complexant (crown ether or cryptand). By using the fully methylated nitrogen analogue of 18-crown-6, hexamethyl hexacyclen (HMHCY), two crystalline sodides, K+(HMHCY) Na-(I) and Cs+(HMHCY) Na-(11), have been synthesized and their crystal ...