Talk:Sodium naphthalene

Possible error?

At the beginning of the article, it's mentioned that sodium naphthalenide has never been isolated as a solid. Then, in the properties section, it is mentioned that the solid has a green color, citing some references. Is this an error? Exe csrss^(talk) 08:50, 1 September 2020 (UTC) Done--Smokefoot (talk) 12:16, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sodium naphthalene or sodium naphthalenide?

This article is titled "sodium napthalene" but "sodium naphthalenide" is used throughout. It would be good to be consistent, and also "sodium naphthalenide" seems to be used more frequently in the recent literature. Aherthabey talk 22:59, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I feel your pain. I have worked on this and related articles recently. I couldnt decide what to do, so I named them with the neutral nomenclature: sodium naphthalene and lithium naphthalene. Both are collected under radical anion. Sodium anthracene is needed. You are welcome to change the title but there can be a lot of busy work required if you do a cut-and-paste to an existing redirect. I principle, some administrator could help out. They are overworked in Chemistry project, so I leave them alone, and those admins outside of chemistry are uneasy with this kind of situation (partly, because most of them seem to mainly deal with Elvis or old churches in England kind of thing).--Smokefoot (talk) 23:29, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sodium naphthalene is more common on google scholar, although whether that term also includes the organometallic naphthylsodium (sodium naphthalenyl?) I can't say. I would support a name change to naphthalenide - these things are hard enough to think about without their names being a mystery. I would also like to see more discussion of their bonding, as they apparently violate Hückel's rule yet remain aromatic, a notable quality. --Project Osprey (talk) 11:03, 4 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]