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Sodium amide
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<p>Sodium amide, commonly called sodamide (systematic name sodium azanide), is the <a href="/facts/Inorganic_compound/TfFfzxSz">inorganic compound</a> with the <a href="/facts/Chemical_formula/hghUtthl">formula</a> NaNH2. It is a <a href="/facts/Salt_(chemistry)/lsSKwGpn">salt</a> composed of the sodium cation and the <a href="/facts/Azanide/5rnJAKEp">azanide</a> anion. This solid, which is dangerously reactive toward water, is white, but commercial samples are typically gray due to the presence of small quantities of metallic iron from the manufacturing process. Such impurities do not usually affect the utility of the <a href="/facts/Reagent/c3GLInCu">reagent</a>. NaNH2 conducts electricity in the fused state, its conductance being similar to that of NaOH in a similar state. NaNH2 has been widely employed as a <a href="/facts/Strong_base/M9wA7qeM">strong base</a> in <a href="/facts/Organic_synthesis/aprl6Iq7">organic synthesis</a>. </p>