Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Amalgam:
A alloy of mercury with one more additional metals.
Sodium amalgam (Na/Hg) is a powerful
reducing agent
. For example, it can
reduce
a
phenyl
sulfone
(
PhSO
2
group
) to an
alkane
.
Related terms:
tBDPS group
,
wavy line
,
ethanol
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