Sodium phenoxide
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| Template:Longitem | C6H5NaO |
| Molar mass | 116.09 g/mol |
| Appearance | White solid |
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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.
Synthesis and structure
Most commonly, solutions of sodium phenoxide are produced by treating phenol with sodium hydroxide.[2] Anhydrous derivatives can be prepared by combining phenol and sodium. A related, updated procedure uses sodium methoxide instead of sodium hydroxide:[3]
- NaOCH3 + HOC6H5 → NaOC6H5 + HOCH3
Sodium phenoxide can also be produced by the "alkaline fusion" of benzenesulfonic acid, whereby the sulfonate groups are displaced by hydroxide:
- C6H5SO3Na + 2 NaOH → C6H5OH + Na2SO3
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Structure
Like other sodium alkoxides, solid sodium phenoxide adopts a complex structure involving multiple Na-O bonds. Solvent-free material is polymeric, each Na center being bound to three oxygen ligands as well as the phenyl ring. Adducts of sodium phenoxide are molecular, such as the cubane-type cluster [NaOPh]4(HMPA)4.[4]
Reactions
Sodium phenoxide is a moderately strong base. Acidification gives phenol:[5]
- PhOH ⇌ PhO− + H+ (K = 10−10)
The acid-base behavior is complicated by homoassociation, reflecting the association of phenol and phenoxide.[6]
Sodium phenoxide reacts with alkylating agents to afford alkyl phenyl ethers:[2]
- NaOC6H5 + RBr → ROC6H5 + NaBr
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- NaOC6H5 + RC(O)Cl → RCO2C6H5 + NaCl
Sodium phenoxide is susceptible to certain types of electrophilic aromatic substitutions. For example, it reacts with carbon dioxide to form 2-hydroxybenzoate, the conjugate base of salicylic acid. In general however, electrophiles irreversibly attack the oxygen center in phenoxide.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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- ↑ Michael Kunert, Eckhard Dinjus, Maria Nauck, Joachim Sieler "Structure and Reactivity of Sodium Phenoxide - Following the Course of the Kolbe-Schmitt Reaction" Chemische Berichte 1997 Volume 130, Issue 10, pages 1461–1465. Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers".
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