You can produce it from KOH, anhydrous Ethanol and hexane, refluxing the mixture using a destilation column and a Dean Stark trap adapter, purging the
water while it's produced. When no more water comes over the reaction is finished and you will have an alcoholic solution of potasium ethoxide. Then,
distill the excess of alcohol to dryness, leaving the potassium ethoxide at the flask as a white powder.
You can follow the same directions given in the Patent I'm attaching, teaching how to produce the so expensive potassium tert-butoxide from the OTC
KOH, T-Butil alcohol and Hexane. |