Synonyms: Methanolic Base; Sodium methylate
Molecular Formula: CH3NaO
Molecular Weight: 54.02
Linear Structural Formula: CH3ONa
MDL Number: MFCD00012179
Density: 0.800-0.812 g/mL at 20 C
Application: Sodium methoxide may be used as a derivatization reagent to enhance the sensitivity of detection for the subsequent determination of organonitrogen herbicides and fungicide analytes in food samples, and bound fatty acids from acylglycerols, alkylacylglycerols, galactosyldiacylglycerols, glycerophospholipids, and sterol esters by gas chromatography (GC) based techniques.