Sodium hydroxide, also known as lye and caustic soda, is a strong base used universally as a neutralization agent in the chemical industry, paper making, petroleum refining, cleaning compounds, and drain cleaners.

Sodium hydroxide can be used as:
A reagent in the gold-catalyzed selective oxidation of glycerol to glyceric acid. A catalyst for the cross-dehydrogenative coupling of alcohols and hydrosilanes to synthesize silyl ethers.
A base in the Sonogashira-type coupling of aryl halides and alkynes to synthesize ynones.
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