Talk:Lithium monoxide anion

Shouldn't be stronger?
Lithium has EN=0.98, but Caesium has EN=0.79. Alfa-ketosav (talk) 16:51, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
 * The statement that "LiO– was the strongest known base until the diethynylbenzene dianions" is supported by both refs cited in the ortho-Diethynylbenzene dianion article. I don't know off-hand what the predicted pKa of CsOH is or what studies might have been published regarding CsO–. DMacks (talk) 16:57, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
 * There are other considerations at work. Calculations expect that NaO− is a weaker base than LiO−, although it is still about as strong as Me−. Double sharp (talk) 01:44, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Alfa-ketosav (talk) 20:13, 1 July 2020 (UTC)