alkoxide

[ al-kok-sahyd, -sid ]

/ ælˈkɒk saɪd, -sɪd /

noun Chemistry.

a compound formed from an alcohol by the replacement of the hydrogen of the hydroxyl group with a metal, as sodium methoxide, CH3ONa, from methyl alcohol, CH3OH.

Nearby words

alkine,
alkmaar,
alkmene,
alko,
alkoran,
alkoxy,
alky,
alkyd,
alkyd resin,
alkyl

Origin of alkoxide

alk(yl) + ox(y)-² + -ide

Also called alcoholate.