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How alkali metals react with liquid ammonia?

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  • Alkali metals dissolve in liquid ammonia to give deep blue solutions that are conducting in nature. 
  • This happens because the alkali metal atom readily loses the valence electron in ammonia solution. 
  • Both the cation and the electron combine with ammonia to form ammoniated cation and ammoniated electron. 

M + (x+v)NH3 → [M(NH3)x]+ + [e(NH3)y]-



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