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Surprising acidity of hydrated lithium cations in organic solvents

Hubert Girault, Liang Qiao, Pekka Eero Peljo, Haiqiang Deng, Thomas James Stockmann
2014
Journal Articles

Abstract

Lithium cations are shown to have a significant role on catalyzing oxygen and proton reduction along with SN1 reactions in biphasic systems. We propose that this catalytic effect is due to the surprising acidity of the hydrated cations; interactions between the cation and its surrounding solvation shell will make the constituent water molecules more acidic.

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