Sodium naphthalenide

Sodium naphthalenide, also known as sodium naphthalide, is an organic salt with the chemical formula Na+C10H8−. In the research laboratory, it is used as a reductant in the synthesis of organic, organometallic, and inorganic chemistry. It has not been isolated as a solid, but it is usually prepared fresh before use.[1]

Sodium naphthalenide
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Sodium naphthalenide
Systematic IUPAC name
Sodium naphthalen-1-ide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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ECHA InfoCard 100.020.420
EC Number
  • 222-460-3
Properties
C10H8Na
Molar mass 151.164 g·mol−1
Related compounds
Other anions
 Sodium cyclopentadienide
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Preparation and properties

The alkali metal naphthalenides are prepared by stirring the metal with naphthalene in an ethereal solvent, usually as tetrahydrofuran or dimethoxyethane. The resulting salt is dark green.[2][3][4] The anion is a radical, giving a strong EPR signal near g = 2.0, with a reduction potential near -2.5 V vs NHE. Its deep green color arises from absorptions centered at 463, 735 nm.[1]

The anion is strongly basic, and a typical degradation pathway involves reaction with water and related protic sources. These reactions afford dihydronaphthalene:

2 NaC10H8 + 2 H2O → C10H10 + C10H8 + 2 NaOH

For some synthetic operations, sodium naphthalenide is excessively reducing (too negative) or too insoluble. In such cases, alternative reductants are selected.

  • Sodium acenaphthalenide is milder by about 0.75 V, reflecting the milder reduction potential of polycyclic aromatic compounds.
  • Lithium biphenyl is a THF-soluble species related to lithium naphthalenide except that it is a poorer ligand.[5]
  • Sodium 1-methylnaphthalenide is more soluble than sodium naphthalenide, which is useful for low-temperature reductions.[6]
A solution of lithium naphthalenide, a related compound, in tetrahydrofuran
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References
  1. N. G. Connelly and W. E. Geiger, "Chemical Redox Agents for Organometallic Chemistry", Chem. Rev. 1996, 96, 877-910. doi:10.1021/cr940053x
  2. Corey, E. J.; Gross, Andrew W. (1993). "tert-Butyl-tert-octylamine". Organic Syntheses.; Collective Volume, 8, p. 93
  3. Cotton, F. Albert; Wilkinson, Geoffrey (1988), Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (5th ed.), New York: Wiley-Interscience, p. 139, ISBN 0-471-84997-9
  4. Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1984). Chemistry of the Elements. Oxford: Pergamon Press. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-08-022057-4.
  5. Rieke, Reuben D.; Wu, Tse-Chong & Rieke, Loretta I. (1995). "Highly Reactive Calcium for the Preparation of Organocalcium Reagents: 1-Adamantyl Calcium Halides and Their Addition to Ketones: 1-(1-Adamantyl)cyclohexanol". Org. Synth. 72: 147. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.072.0147.
  6. Liu, X.; Ellis, J. E. (2004). "Hexacarbonylvanadate(1−) and Hexacarbonylvanadium(0)". Inorg. Synth. 34: 96–103. doi:10.1002/0471653683.ch3. ISBN 0-471-64750-0.
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