How do you name alkoxides?

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anor277
Dec 22, 2016

Can you name the parent alcohol............?

Explanation:

Well, upon deprotonation the alcohol becomes the "alkoxide".

The sodium or potassium salt of "tert-butanol" is commonly used in organic synthesis; even tho you must sublime it twice to get it pure. Its potassium salt would be "potassium tert-butoxide".

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