Alkoxy group
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In chemistry, the alkoxy group is an alkyl group which is singularly bonded to oxygen; thus Page Module:Chem2/styles.css has no content.R−O. Denoted usually with apostrophe('). The range of alkoxy groups is vast, the simplest being methoxy (Page Module:Chem2/styles.css has no content.CH3O−).[1] An ethoxy group (Page Module:Chem2/styles.css has no content.CH3CH2O−) is found in the organic compound ethyl phenyl ether (Page Module:Chem2/styles.css has no content.C6H5OCH2CH3, also known as ethoxybenzene).
Related to alkoxy groups are aryloxy groups, which have an aryl group singularly bonded to oxygen such as the phenoxy group (Page Module:Chem2/styles.css has no content.C6H5O−).
An alkoxy or aryloxy group bonded to an alkyl or aryl (Page Module:Chem2/styles.css has no content.R−O−R') is an ether. If bonded to H it is an alcohol.
The term alkoxide refers to the anionic conjugate bases of alcohols (Page Module:Chem2/styles.css has no content.RO−) or to ionic compounds containing such an anion. Alkoxide compounds are derivatives of alcohols where the hydrogen of the –OH group is replaced by a metal;[2] for example, the sodium salt of ethanol (Page Module:Chem2/styles.css has no content.CH3CH2OH) is sodium ethoxide, containing ethoxide anions Page Module:Chem2/styles.css has no content.CH3CH2O− and sodium cations Page Module:Chem2/styles.css has no content.Na+.
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