What is the role of lithium in liquid ammonia in organic reactions?
Answers
Answered by
2
In general cases, liquid ammonia involves a very high vapor pressure when subjected to normal temperatures and it is also known as a heavy liquid by many people.
It is due to this that it gets frozen and poses a feeling of coldness when we bring it in contact to our body surface.
So it is used readily in organic reaction, specially for liquid ammonia and it is derived by the compression of ammonia.
It is very useful as it acts easily as a solvent and is perfect refrigeration and it is nothing but a direct source of ammonia(in its gaseous form).
The main role of lithium in liquid ammonia is in reducing the aromatic rings of ammonia in its liquid form and helping in the reaction.
Similar questions