Abstract
Pulse radiolysis of solutions of alkali metals in methylamine and ethylamine shows the formation of three distinct species; the solvated electron e − s, the alkali metal anion M − and a species considered to be a metal—electron pair with stoichiometry M. Hitherto no kinetic or conclusive optical evidence has been obtained for the species M in amine solutions. The three species coexist in equilibrium according to the equation c − s + M + ⇌ M + e − ⇌ M − with the corresponding rate constants markedly dependent on the solvent and nature of the alkali metal.
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