Sodium phenoxide

• Phenol sodium salt
• Sodium phenoxide

Powdery solid with phenolartigem odor

Fixed

200 ° C.

Slightly soluble in water: 300 g · l-1 (20 ° C)

Risk

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Sodium is the sodium salt of phenol. It is produced by the reaction of phenol with sodium hydroxide.

Use

Sodium is used for the preparation of salicylic acid by Kolbe-Schmitt reaction. For this purpose, it is heated with carbon dioxide under pressure and converted the resulting sodium salicylate with sulfuric acid: