What is the state symbol for a sodium alkoxide?

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anor277
Apr 8, 2017

Well, you can isolate #"sodium ethoxide"# as a solid...........

Explanation:

And you can also isolate #"Na"^(+)""^(-)"OBu"^"t"# and #"K"^("+")""^(-)"OBu"^"t"# as solids.......Admittedly, they are hard to isolate pure. For #"K"^("+")""^(-)"OBu"^"t"# you have to sublime this TWICE to get the pure material.

Most of the time, we deploy alkoxides as a solution (usually but not exclusively) in the parent alcohol.

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