So you want to do ammonia-free Birch reductions?

“Large Scale Synthesis of Dysprosium and Neodymium Diiodides” (plus Thulium 💚).

pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.102…

A thread #ChemTwitter #RealTimeChem (but from the past). (Table - pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…)

https://twitter.com/stephenaboydph1/status/1291973419760627712

Divalent lanthanide chemistry is often limited to Sm(II), Eu(II) and Yb(II). Eu(II) is actually stable in degassed water, the other two are oxidized. SmI2 is a powerful reductant used lots in organic chemistry.

Eu(II) has some pretty #Fluorescence!!