Crystal structure of sodium ethoxide (C2H5ONa), unravelled after 180 years

Maurice Beske; Lukas Tapmeyer; Martin U. Schmidt

doi:10.1039/C9CC08907A

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Crystal structure of sodium ethoxide (C₂H₅ONa), unravelled after 180 years†

Maurice Beske,

^a Lukas Tapmeyer

^a and Martin U. Schmidt

*^a

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^a Goethe University, Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Max-von-Laue-Str. 7, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
E-mail: m.schmidt@chemie.uni-frankfurt.de

Abstract

As early as 1837, Liebig synthesised solid C₂H₅ONa. Today, C₂H₅ONa is one of the standard bases in organic synthesis. Here, we report the identification of different solid phases and the crystal structures and phase transformations of C₂H₅ONa and C₂H₅ONa·2C₂H₅OH.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CC08907A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 15 Nov 2019
Accepted: 05 Feb 2020
First published: 17 Feb 2020

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Chem. Commun., 2020,56, 3520-3523

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Crystal structure of sodium ethoxide (C₂H₅ONa), unravelled after 180 years

M. Beske, L. Tapmeyer and M. U. Schmidt, Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 3520 DOI: 10.1039/C9CC08907A

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