Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Potassium phthalimide
Chemical compound From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Potassium phthalimide is a chemical compound of formula C8H4KNO2. It is the potassium salt of phthalimide, and usually presents as fluffy, very pale yellow crystals. It can be prepared by adding a hot solution of phthalimide in ethanol to a solution of potassium hydroxide in ethanol; the desired product precipitates.[1]
This compound is a commercially available reagent used in the Gabriel synthesis of amines.
Remove ads
References
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads