The Electronic Properties of Metal Solutions in Liquid Ammonia and Related Solvents

THE ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF METAL SOLUTIONS IN LIQUID AMMONIA AND RELATED SOLVENTS... [Pg.135]

The Electronic Properties of Metal Solutions in Liquid Ammonia and Related Solvents... [Pg.384]

See reviews a) Edwards P.R, The electronic properties of metal solutions in liquid ammonia and related solvents, Adv. Inorg. Chem. Radiochem., i982,25, 135-185. b) Boag J.W., Pulse radiolysis a historical account of the discovery of the optical absorption spectrum of the hydrated electron, in Early developments in radiation chemistry", KrohJ. (Ed.), Royal Society ofChemistry, Cambridge, 1989, 7-20. [Pg.37]

Alkali- (and alkaline-earth) metal solutions of liquid ammonia display some bizarre properties that can be accounted for in terms of solvated electrons. The solvated electron is an excellent one-electron reducing agent and can be used to produce peroxides, superoxides, and metals with negative oxidation states. Compounds involving crown ethers and cryptands of the alkali metals in ammonia and related solvents yield the very rare electrides and alkalides. [Pg.347]