Soluble in ethanol, methanol Insoluble in hydrocarbons
Structure
Crystal structure
Hexagonal
Hazards
GHS labelling:
Pictograms
Signal word
Danger
Hazard statements
H251, H302, H314[2]
Precautionary statements
P235+P410, P280, P305+P351+P338, P310[2]
Safety data sheet (SDS)
Sigma[2]
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Yverify (what is YN ?)
Infobox references
Chemical compound
Sodium methoxide is the simplest sodium alkoxide. With the formula CH3ONa, it is a white solid, which is formed by the deprotonation of methanol. It is a widely used reagent in industry and the laboratory. It is also a dangerously caustic base.
^Chandran, K.; Kamruddin, M.; Ajikumar, P.K.; et al. (2006). "Kinetics of thermal decomposition of sodium methoxide and ethoxide". Journal of Nuclear Materials. 358 (2–3): 111–128. Bibcode:2006JNuM..358..111C. doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2006.07.003. ISSN 0022-3115.
^ abcSigma-Aldrich Co., Sodium methoxide. Retrieved on 2022-03-21.
Sodiummethoxide is the simplest sodium alkoxide. With the formula CH3ONa, it is a white solid, which is formed by the deprotonation of methanol. It is...
techniques.[citation needed] [citation needed] Sodiummethoxide, also called sodium methylate and sodium methanolate, is a white powder when pure. It is...
and hydrogen peroxide, or by the treatment of benzoyl peroxide with sodiummethoxide, followed by acidification. Like other peroxyacids, it may be used...
is prepared by treating cyclooctadiene iridium chloride dimer with sodiummethoxide. In terms of its molecular structure, the iridium centers are square...
potassium hydroxide in methanol compared to sodium hydroxide is advantageous. On a large scale, potassium methoxide is produced by decomposing potassium amalgam...
between fats and methanol in the presence of base such as sodium hydroxide, sodiummethoxide or potassium hydroxide. One reason for using FAME (fatty acid...
related, updated procedure uses sodiummethoxide instead of sodium hydroxide: NaOCH3 + HOC6H5 → NaOC6H5 + HOCH3 Sodium phenoxide can also be produced by...
inorganic compound such as sodiummethoxide. The reaction is carried out at high temperatures and creates three by-products — sodium soaps, fatty methyl esters...
an N-isocyanate #, which then cyclizes. Alkylation of the enol with sodiummethoxide and 3-dimethylaminopropyl chloride gives benzydamine. Alternatively...
and carbon monoxide react in the presence of a strong base, such as sodiummethoxide: CH3OH + CO → HCOOCH3 Hydrolysis of methyl formate gives formic acid...
hydroxylamine and sodiummethoxide. In the second step the pentaacetyl glycononitrile is formed by reaction with acetic anhydride in acetic acid with sodium acetate...
Horner-Emmons modification. Triethyl phosphonoacetate can be added dropwise to sodiummethoxide solution to prepare a phosphonate anion. It has an acidic proton that...
reaction conditions are 80 °C and 40 atm. The most widely used base is sodiummethoxide. Hydrolysis of the methyl formate produces formic acid: HCO2CH3 + H2O...
Aqueous acid (pH <2), may have to be heated Anhydrous base such as sodiummethoxide in methanol. Very useful when a methyl ester of a carboxylic acid is...
nitrogen in the 1-position using dimethyl sulfate in the presence of sodiummethoxide and methanol under reflux conditions. Although the direct transformation...
is synthesized by a reaction between methyl 2-keto-D-gluconate and sodiummethoxide. It can also be synthesized from sucrose or by strains of Penicillium...
to the unsaturated esters upon treatment with Ni(CO)4 followed by sodiummethoxide. Such reactions also probably proceed via oxidative addition. Allylic...
research. Nitric oxide can also react directly with sodiummethoxide, ultimately forming sodium formate and nitrous oxide by way of an N-methoxydiazeniumdiolate...
of deprotonating the alcohol will work (e.g. NaOH, KOH, sodiummethoxide, etc.), but the sodium and potassium hydroxides are often chosen for their cost...
monoxide (carbonylation) in the presence of a strong base, such as sodiummethoxide: This process, practiced commercially by BASF among other companies...
the product is isolated as the sodium salt of 4. Hydrogenation at 220 °C for 10 hours in methanol with sodiummethoxide liberates the piperidine group...
diester 14 which was then subjected to a Dieckman condensation with sodiummethoxide in methanol to enol 15. In order to remove the C15 alcohol group, Enol...
trimer, trimethyl isocyanurate, or a higher-molecular-weight polymer: Sodiummethoxide, triethyl phosphine, ferric chloride and certain other metal compounds...
stanolone) [521-18-6] (1) with methyl formate and the strong base sodiummethoxide gives [4033-95-8] (2). The newly added formyl function in the product...
"The Reaction of the Isomeric α-Bromomethyl Cyclohexyl Ketones with SodiumMethoxide". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 72 (7): 2884–2887. doi:10...
Global Information
verify (what is 
?)
