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sodium methylate

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noun Chemistry.
a white, free-flowing, flammable powder, CH3ONa, decomposed by water to sodium hydroxide and methyl alcohol: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
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Also called sodium methoxide.

Words nearby sodium methylate

sodium iodide, sodium lactate, sodium lamp, sodium meta-arsenite, sodium metasilicate, sodium methylate, sodium monoxide, sodium nitrate, sodium nitrite, sodium pentothal, sodium perborate
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