Potassium amide

White to gray powder with odor of ammonia

Fixed

1.57 g · cm -3

338 ° C

Reacts with water

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Potassium is a chemical compound selected from the group of the amides.

Production and representation

Potassium can be obtained by the reaction of potassium with ammonia.

It was first presented in 1808 by Joseph Louis Gay -Lussac and Louis Jacques Thénard.

Properties

Potassium is a white to gray hygroscopic powder with a smell of ammonia, which reacts with water. It has a monoclinic crystal structure with space group P21 / m. It decomposes in moist air, forming Ammioniak and potassium hydroxide.

Use

Potassium is used in the organic chemistry (for example, nucleophilic substitutions and polymerization ).