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230553

Sigma-Aldrich

Sodium ethoxide solution

21 wt. % in ethanol

Synonym(s):

Sodium ethylate

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Linear Formula:
CH3CH2ONa
CAS Number:
141-52-6
Molecular Weight:
68.05
Beilstein:
3593646
MDL number:
MFCD00012417
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
57648017
NACRES:
NA.21

form

liquid

Quality Level

200

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

H225,H251,H314,H371,H412

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

EUH014

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

Regulatory Listings

Regulatory Listings are mainly provided for chemical products. Only limited information can be provided here for non-chemical products. No entry means none of the components are listed. It is the user’s obligation to ensure the safe and legal use of the product.

FSL

Group 4: Flammable liquids
Type 1 petroleums
Hazardous rank II
Water insoluble liquid

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Substances Subject to be Notified Names

JAN Code

230553-1L:4548173920818
230553-4X100ML:
230553-500ML:4548173920801
230553-BULK:
230553-10L:
230553-100ML:4548173920795
230553-5ML:
230553-VAR:

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Sodium Ethoxide
Whitaker KS and Whitaker DT
e-EROS Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. (2001)
Ali Reza Harifi-Mood et al.
Journal of pharmacy & pharmaceutical sciences : a publication of the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Societe canadienne des sciences pharmaceutiques, 7(1), 88-91 (2004-05-18)
Variable-Temperature Kinetics has been used to obtain the rate constants of the reaction at various temperatures during one kinetic run. Pseudo-first-order rate constants for the transesterification of procaine with aliphatic alcohols ethanol, n-propanol and tert-butanol were obtained by the fluorescence
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
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
C Mazzitelli et al.
Journal of dental research, 87(2), 186-190 (2008-01-26)
The chemo-mechanical surface treatment of fiber posts increases their bonding properties. The combined use of atomic force and confocal microscopy allows for the assessment and quantification of the changes on surface roughness that justify this behavior. Quartz fiber posts were
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