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Aug 8, 2020 • 13 tweets • 6 min read
So you want to do ammonia-free Birch reductions?
“Large Scale Synthesis of Dysprosium and Neodymium Diiodides” (plus Thulium 💚).
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.