摘要 |
Sodium and potassium alkoxides are produced by reaction of the corresponding metal hydroxide, the corresponding alcohol and calcium oxide in the presence of a suitable surfactant. The suitable surfactants are certain classes of cationics, non-ionics and amphoterics with cationic groupings. The surfactant causes the reaction to proceed much more rapidly and the formed alkoxide remains in solution with calcium hydroxide being formed as a precipitate which can be easily separated from the solution.
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