Chemistry of Alkali Metals 2 On the Reactions of Alkali Metals with Liquid NO2 and the Nature of the Product

Abstract

The reactions of sodium and potassium with liquid nitrogen(IV) oxide were performed to check the nature of the product, that was claimed (Nekrasov, 1976) to be MNO3 (M = Na, K). Both classical chemical reactions and FT–IR spectrometry were used in the course of its analysis. It was proved that the product was indeed nitrate, sometimes containing nitrites as impurities.