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Shouldn't CsO
be stronger?

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Lithium has EN=0.98, but Caesium has EN=0.79. Alfa-ketosav (talk) 16:51, 8 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]
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)[reply]
Thanks. Alfa-ketosav (talk) 20:13, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]