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Sigma-Aldrich

Sodium ethoxide solution

21 wt. % in ethanol

Synonym(s):

Sodium ethylate

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Linear Formula:
CH3CH2ONa
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
68.05
Beilstein:
3593646
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.21
form:
liquid

form

liquid

Quality Level

concentration

21 wt. % in ethanol

refractive index

n20/D 1.385

density

0.868 g/mL at 25 °C

SMILES string

[Na+].CC[O-]

InChI

1S/C2H5O.Na/c1-2-3;/h2H2,1H3;/q-1;+1

InChI key

QDRKDTQENPPHOJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Sodium ethoxide is an alkoxide salt mainly used as a strong base in organic reactions such as deprotonation, dehydration and dehalogenation.

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Chronic 3 - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Self-heat. 1 - Skin Corr. 1A - STOT SE 2

Target Organs

Eyes,Central nervous system

Supplementary Hazards

Storage Class Code

4.2 - Pyrophoric and self-heating hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

48.2 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

9 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Sodium Ethoxide
Whitaker KS and Whitaker DT
e-EROS Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. (2001)
S H Brorson
The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society, 45(1), 143-146 (1997-01-01)
The purpose of this investigation was to develop a method that could be used to estimate how damaging sodium ethoxide is to different antigens with respect to immunolabeling when epoxy sections are deplasticized. If we obtain weak labeling for an
Francesca Monticelli et al.
Journal of endodontics, 32(5), 447-451 (2006-04-25)
The influence of different silane/dentin adhesives on the microtensile bond strengths of a hybrid composite to sodium ethoxide-etched quartz fiber posts was investigated. A prehydrolyzed silane was applied without an adhesive and compared to two-component systems in which hydrolysis of
Frank Derosa et al.
The Journal of organic chemistry, 73(3), 1139-1142 (2008-01-11)
Despite over a century of reports to the contrary, sodium methoxide has been found to react with nitric oxide (NO). The reaction, whose final organic product is sodium formate, is postulated to occur via an intermediate O-bound diazeniumdiolate [CH3O-N(O)=NO-] that
S H Brorson
Micron (Oxford, England : 1993), 32(2), 101-105 (2000-08-11)
The study's purpose was to obtain improved "deplasticizing" of epoxy sections for immunoelectron microscopy. Epoxy-embedded renal swine tissue with immune complex deposits was used. Ultrathin sections were mounted on uncoated grids or on carbon-stabilized formvar grids. The sections were exposed

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