Sodium methoxide in powder form is mainly used in pharmaceutical industry, such as the manufacture of Vitamin A1, Vitamin BI, Sulfamethoxypyridazine, Sulfadiazine, trimethoprim. It can also be used as catalyst in Biodiesel Industry. Sodium Methoxide can also be applied as edible catalyst and analytical reagent.
Sodium methoxide is a routinely used base in organic chemistry, applicable to the synthesis of numerous compounds ranging from pharmaceuticals to agrichemicals. As a base, it is employed in dehydrohalogenations and various condensations. It is also a nucleophile for the production of methyl ethers.
Sodium Methylate can affect you when breathed in. * Contact can severely irritate and burn the skin and eyes. * Breathing Sodium Methylate can irritate the nose and throat causing coughing and wheezing. * Sodium Methylate is a FLAMMABLE and REACTIVE CHEMICAL and a DANGEROUS FIRE and EXPLOSION HAZARD.
