71210
Sodium ethoxide
≥95% (T), powder, technical
Synonym(s):
Sodium ethylate
Sign In to View Organizational & Contract Pricing.
Select a Size
Change View
About This Item
Linear Formula:
CH3CH2ONa
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
68.05
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
EC Number:
205-487-5
MDL number:
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3593646
Assay:
≥95% (T)
Form:
powder
Product Name
Sodium ethoxide, technical, ≥95% (T)
vapor density
1.6 (vs air)
Quality Level
vapor pressure
<0.1 mmHg ( 20 °C)
grade
technical
assay
≥95% (T)
form
powder
impurities
~2% Na2CO3 and NaOH
SMILES string
[Na+].CC[O-]
InChI
1S/C2H5O.Na/c1-2-3;/h2H2,1H3;/q-1;+1
InChI key
QDRKDTQENPPHOJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
General description
Sodium ethoxide (Sodium ethylate) is a sodium alkoxide. It has been synthesized by reacting sodium with ethanol. It undergoes decomposition in the presence of water to afford ethanol and sodium hydroxide. It is widely employed as a strong base in organic synthesis studies.
Sodium ethoxide is an alkoxide salt mainly used as a strong base in organic reactions such as deprotonation, dehydration and dehalogenation.
Application
Sodium ethoxide may be used for the preparation of tricarbonylchloro(glycinato)ruthenium(II) (CORM-3).
Sodium ethoxide may be used as a base for the palladium catalyzed cross-coupling of aryl halides and alkenylboranes to synthesize arylated (E)-alkenes.
Still not finding the right product?
Explore all of our products under Sodium ethoxide
signalword
Danger
hcodes
Hazard Classifications
Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Sol. 1 - Self-heat. 1 - Skin Corr. 1A
supp_hazards
Storage Class
4.2 - Pyrophoric and self-heating hazardous materials
flash_point_f
86.0 °F - closed cup
flash_point_c
30 °C - closed cup
Choose from one of the most recent versions:
Already Own This Product?
Find documentation for the products that you have recently purchased in the Document Library.
Whitaker KS and Whitaker DT
e-EROS Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis (2001)
Stereoselective synthesis of arylated (E)-alkenes by the reaction of alk-1-enylboranes with aryl halides in the presence of palladium catalyst.
Miyaura N & Suzuki, A.
Journal of the Chemical Society. Chemical Communications, 19, 866-867 (1979)
James E Clark et al.
Circulation research, 93(2), e2-e8 (2003-07-05)
Carbon monoxide, which is generated in mammals during the degradation of heme by the enzyme heme oxygenase, is an important signaling mediator. Transition metal carbonyls have been recently shown to function as carbon monoxide-releasing molecules (CO-RMs) and to elicit distinct