Methanolates

Methanolate ion

Methanolates (also methoxides outdated, methylates ) are salts of metal - cation and methoxide anions . The methanolate ion is formally formed from methanol by deprotonation . The molecular formula of the methanolate ion is CH ₃ O ^- . Methanolates belong to the group of alcoholates .

See also

• Potassium methoxide
• Lithium methoxide
• Sodium methoxide

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry on methanolates. In: Römpp Online . Georg Thieme Verlag, accessed on September 1, 2015.
2. ↑ IUPAC rule C-206.1 and R-5.5.3