title: After 118 years, the isolation of two common radical anion reductants as simple, stable solids.
abstract: Two common radical anion reductants, potassium benzophenone ketyl (K(Ph(2)CO)) and potassium naphthalenide (K(2)(C(10)H(8))(2)(THF)), have been isolated and characterized for the first time in solvent-free form or with low solvent content, allowing their use as pure solid reactants in preparative redox chemistry in accurate stoichiometric amounts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Betty A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Ooro
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shatruk
authors.forename: Andrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yakovenko
authors.forename: Kim R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Dunbar
authors.forename: Hong-Cai
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Zhou