In a three-reaction sequence in liquid ammonia, an alkyl halide or sulfate reacts with sodium acetylide to form a terminal alkyne; the alkyne reacts with sodamide to form its acetylide; and that ...

When alkyl chloride is heated with a metallic fluoride like AgF, Hg2F2, or SbF3, alkyl fluorides are formed. Alkyl iodides are prepared easily by reacting alkyl chlorides with Nal in dry acetone.

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, ...