sodium methylate

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 hyposulphite, sodium iodide, sodium lactate, sodium meta-arsenite, sodium metasilicate, sodium methylate, sodium monoxide, sodium nitrate, sodium nitrite, sodium nitroprusside, sodium pentothal
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