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Potassium phthalimide
Chemical compound

Potassium phthalimide is a chemical compound of formula C8H4KNO2. It is the potassium salt of phthalimide, and usually presents as fluffy, very pale yellow crystals. It can be prepared by adding a hot solution of phthalimide in ethanol to a solution of potassium hydroxide in ethanol; the desired product precipitates.

This compound is a commercially available reagent used in the Gabriel synthesis of amines.

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References

  1. P. L. Salzberg and J. V. Supniewski (1941). "β-Bromoethylphthalimide". Organic Syntheses; Collected Volumes, vol. 1, p. 119. http://www.orgsyn.org/demo.aspx?prep=cv1p0119