ramadanhany Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Hi all, I wish if I can find an experimentalist who can answer this question. I am physical chemist who would like to prepare sodium ethoxide from sodium and ethanol. my question is how to handle sodium (clean, prevent it from burning...etc) before I add it to ethanol? Thanks Hany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 keep it in mineral oil, avoid exposure to air, clean it before you chuck it in and if you get a fire don't chuck water over it. pretty much common sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Lickerson Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 I'd probably spay it off with some ether to clean the mineral oil off and then chunk it in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 This prep gives a good set of instructions but a practical chemistry textbook would be better. http://www.orgsyn.org/orgsyn/prep.asp?prep=cv3p0016 They do say they have some maintainance scheduled so you may find the site's down. Try again later. Also they may want you to log into their site- don't worry it's pretty painless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDNA Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Why would you want to go to the trouble of preparing it when you can just buy it (eg sigma aldrich)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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