Assertion: baking soda's sodium | /r/CapableOf | react with anhydrous alcohols
Facets:
value: to form the respective alcoholates
type: PURPOSE
value: to form alkoxides
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Sodium reacts with anhydrous alcohols to form the respective alcoholates (or alkoxides) according to Na + ROH → RONa + 1/2 H 2 , in which R is the organic portion of the alcohol (R = CH 3 for methanol, CH 3 CH 2 for ethanol, etc.).