Sodium phenoxide

Sodium phenoxide
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Sodium phenoxide[1]
Other names
Sodium phenolate
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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UNII
  • InChI=1S/C6H6O.Na/c7-6-4-2-1-3-5-6;/h1-5,7H;/q;+1/p-1
    Key: NESLWCLHZZISNB-UHFFFAOYSA-M
  • InChI=1/C6H6O.Na/c7-6-4-2-1-3-5-6;/h1-5,7H;/q;+1/p-1
    Key: NESLWCLHZZISNB-REWHXWOFAP
  • [Na+].[O-]c1ccccc1
Properties
C6H5NaO
Molar mass 116.09 g/mol
Appearance White solid
Hazards
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):
Main hazards
 Harmful, Corrosive
Flash point Non-flammable
Non-flammable
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Sodium phenoxide (sodium phenolate) is an organic compound with the formula NaOC6H5. It is a white crystalline solid. Its anion, phenoxide, also known as phenolate, is the conjugate base of phenol. It is used as a precursor to many other organic compounds, such as aryl ethers.

  1. ^ International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (2014). Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry: IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013. The Royal Society of Chemistry. pp. 1071, 1129. doi:10.1039/9781849733069. ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4.