ABSTRACT
Shut off all possible sources of ignition. Wear face shield, goggles, laboratory coat, and butyl rubber gloves. Cover spill of alkoxide solution with a 1:1:1 mixture by weight of sodium carbonate or calcium carbonate, clay cat litter (bentonite), and sand. Transfer to a pail of water in the fume hood. Neutralize the solution with 6 M hydrochloric acid (prepared by cautiously adding concentrated acid to an equal volume of cold water). Decant liquid to drain with at least 50 times its volume of water. Solid residue may be
liquid and dispel vapor.4,5
Package Lots. Place in a separate labeled container for recycling or disposal by burning.6 Small Quantities. Wear eye protection, laboratory coat, and butyl rubber gloves. Work
in the fume hood. Slowly add sodium alkoxide to a pail of water. Neutralize with 6 M hydrochloric acid (prepared by cautiously adding a volume of concentrated acid to an equal volume of cold water), and then wash into the drain.5
