[OmedesNow]

Hey guys,
I am wondering if it is possible to create ammonia solution in diethyl ether by bubbling gaseous ammonia into liquid ether with catalyst in order to get this blueish tinge, that appears when we add our catalyst to liquid ammonia. My problem is, however - when it is actually very easy to produce gaseous ammonia - that I cannot maintain the temperature enough for the reaction to complete. I know that it would be sufficient to get a dry ice bath with isopropyl alcohol but unfortunately I cannot manage to do it, so either I can make a warmer ice bath and wear a mask in order not to have my lungs destroyed by the vapors or I can - theoretically - try this concept with ammonia solution in diethyl ether with lithium/sodium submerged artificially in liquid. For what I know from O'Neil's Encyclopedia ammonia is fully solluble in diethyl ether thanks to nonpolarity of solvent and H-bonds of ammonia. What do you think? Would this generating of solvated electrons in diethyl ether work or the rate would be unsufficient? Thanks in advance and have a good day.

[OrganicDan96]

it would need to be a dry ice bath not normal ice

[OmedesNow]

Yeah, sorry, already made it correct. Of course it needs to be dry ice cause ammonia melts like -80C