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| Preferred IUPAC name Butylsodium | |
| Other names 1-Sodiobutane | |
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| Properties | |
| C4H9Na | |
| Molar mass | 80.106 g·mol−1 |
| Appearance | white solid[1] |
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Related compounds | n-Butylpotassiumn-Butyllithium |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in theirstandard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |
n-Butylsodium CH3CH2CH2CH2Na is anorganometallic compound with the idealized formula NaC4H9. Like other simpleorganosodium compounds, it is polymeric and highly basic.[2] In contrast ton-butyllithium,n-butylsodium is only of specialized academic interest.
n-Butylsodium is prepared fromn-butyllithium andt-butoxysodium.[2]
Inn-Butylsodium, the Na-C bond has ionic character, with a negative charge on the end carbon atom.n-Butylsodium is insoluble in saturated hydrocarbons. It reacts with unsaturated hydrocarbons.[3] Soluble adducts are produced with Lewis bases such astetramethylethylenediamine ortetrahydrofuran.[2]
n-Butylsodium reacts withalkylbenzene orallylbenzene compounds to give new organosodium compounds. Withtoluene the major product isbenzylsodium.[4]
n-Butylsodium reacts with1-bromonaphthalene to make 1-sodiumnapthalene and1-bromobutane,[5] but there are few suchmetathesis reactions.[6]
