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Ethoxide vs Alkoxide - What's the difference?

ethoxide | alkoxide |

As nouns the difference between ethoxide and alkoxide

is that ethoxide is (chemistry) the anion ch3ch2o− derived from ethanol by the loss of a proton while alkoxide is (organic chemistry) any organic compound derived from an alcohol by replacement of a hydrogen atom with a metal or other cationic species.

ethoxide

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) the anion CH3CH2O− derived from ethanol by the loss of a proton
  • (chemistry) any salt of this anion

    • Synonyms

    * ethanolate

    alkoxide

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any organic compound derived from an alcohol by replacement of a hydrogen atom with a metal or other cationic species.

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "alkoxide")