White fibrous needles, slightly hygroscopic, Freely soluble in chloroform, soluble in benzene, sparingly soluble in ethanol, methanol at room temperature, insoluble in water...
18-crown-6 is used as an efficient phase transfer catalyst and as a complexating agent with a variety of small cations. it is used to accelerate various substitution reactions as well as enhances the power of nucleophiles such as potassium acetate. incompatible with strong...