Talk:Alkalide

Breaking C-O bonds is not theory - but reality. I think that Dye's earlier cmpds were unstable becauase of reductive cleavage of the ether linkages in the cryptand. Benzyl ehters have long been known to break with Na, I think.--Smokefoot 05:07, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

• What is the first Alkalide discovered in 1980s? Who discovered it ?I would like to know the detail for that. Thanks -Wolfch (talk) 22:11, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

::It was actually [Na(2,2,2-crypt)]⁺Na⁻, first prepared by James L. Dye and his colleagues in 1974 at Michigan State University:

::*{{ cite journal | journal = J. Am. Chem. Soc. | author = J. L. Dye, J. M. Ceraso, Mei Lok Tak, B. L. Barnett, F. J. Tehan | title = Crystalline salt of the sodium anion (Na⁻) | year = 1974 | volume = 96 | issue = 2 | pages = 608–609 | doi = 10.1021/ja00809a060 }}

::*{{ cite journal | author = F. J. Tehan, B. L. Barnett, J. L. Dye | title = Alkali anions. Preparation and crystal structure of a compound which contains the cryptated sodium cation and the sodium anion | journal = J. Am. Chem. Soc. | year = 1974 | volume = 96 | issue = 23 | pages = 7203–7208 | doi = 10.1021/ja00830a005 }}

::Ben (talk) 14:01, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Has a similar hydrogen alkalide based on cryptands been synthesized? Does someone know if there are some reports on its synthesis?--188.26.17.81 (talk) 18:29, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

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• {{cite journal |last1= Botana |first1= Jorge |last2= Miao |first2= Mao-Sheng |title= Pressure-stabilized lithium caesides with caesium anions beyond the –1 state |journal= Nature Communications |year= 2014 |page= 4861 |doi= 10.1038/ncomms5861 }}

DMacks (talk) 20:17, 7 July 2018 (UTC)