| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - The reaction is often exothermic so that, in most cases, it may be necessary to bring the reactants together while cooling, to dilute the mixture with an inert solvent such as xylene, benzene, toluene, ether, dioxane, hexane and the like, or to add the sodium or potassium slowly to the esters in the inert solvent.
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