Sur quelques réactions acide-base dans les solvants fortement basiques anhydres. II. Les amino-2 éthylamidures de sodium et de potassium
Solutions of sodium 2-aminoethylamide in anhydrous ethylenediamine were prepared by dissolving ammoniacal sodium amide NaNH2 in ethylenediamine and removing the ammonia formed in vacuum. When these solutions were prepared and kept under nitrogen containing not more than about 5 p.p.m. of oxygen and 1 p.p.m. of moisture, they remained colorless and stable. Upon addition of benzene to these solutions, the pure amide precipitated as fine greyish–white crystals, which were also stable under pure nitrogen. The potassium 2-aminoethylamide was prepared in a similar way from ethylenediamine and potassium hydride. Its solid product resembles that of the corresponding sodium amide, but its solutions in ethylenediamine are less stable, rapidly turning dark brown because of polymerization. The basic strengths of these two 2-aminoethylamides were compared with the corresponding lithium amide by following potentiometrically the neutralization of ethylenediamine solutions of hydrochloric acid, p-methoxyphenol, water, and ethanolamine respectively. According to the heights of the potential jumps at the equivalence points the basic strength of the amides was found to increase in the order Na < Li < K.