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Dissolving-Metal Reduction

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When a Group-1A metal dissolves in liquid ammonia, metal atoms lose electrons, which are solvated by ammonia.

eg:

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Reduction of organic compounds using the solution of electrons in ammonia is known as dissolving-metal reduction.

eg:

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mechanism:

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see also Lindlar catalyst, radical anion, Birch reduction


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