Alkoxy group
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(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 (C6H5O−).
An alkoxy or aryloxy group bonded to an alkyl or aryl (R−O−R') is an ether. If bonded to H it is an alcohol.
An alkoxide can refer to salts of alcohols, and they are ionic compounds containing an alkoxide ions RO−; it is a derivative of an alcohol where the hydrogen of the –OH group is replaced by a metal,[2] for example sodium salt of ethanol (CH3CH2OH) is sodium ethoxide, containing ethoxide anions CH3CH2O− and sodium cations Na+.
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