In chemistry, an alkoxide is the conjugate base of an alcohol and therefore consists of an organic group bonded to a negatively charged oxygen atom. They...
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A transition metal alkoxide complex is a kind of coordination complex containing one or more alkoxide ligands, written as RO−, where R is the organic substituent...
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Silicon alkoxides are a group of alkoxides, chemical compounds of silicon and an alcohol, with the formula Si(OR)4. Silicon alkoxides are important precursors...
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produced from epoxides. Nucleophilic displacement of alkyl halides by alkoxides R–ONa + R′–X → R–O–R′ + NaX This reaction, the Williamson ether synthesis...
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attack another carbonyl. In the final step of the reaction, the acid and alkoxide ions formed exchange a proton. In the presence of a very high concentration...
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an anhydrous base to give an ester. Catalysts are aluminium alkoxides or sodium alkoxides. Benzaldehyde reacts with sodium benzyloxide (generated from...
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the alkoxide generates a carboxylic acid: The alkoxide ion is a strong base so the proton is transferred from the carboxylic acid to the alkoxide ion...
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deprotonated alcohol (alkoxide). This reaction was developed by Alexander Williamson in 1850. Typically it involves the reaction of an alkoxide ion with a primary...
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conjugate sodium alkoxide base of the alcohol formed (e.g. sodium ethoxide if ethanol is formed) is often used, since the alkoxide is regenerated. In...
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Niobium(V) ethoxide (redirect from Niobium alkoxide)
Metal alkoxides rarely adopt monomeric structures, and niobium(V) ethoxide is no exception. Early studies established that niobium alkoxides aggregate...
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