More good links!
Well, I was sort of thinking that solvent was unnecesary, since the reactants (acetone and chlorobenzene), and the product (p2p) were all liquid. As for the alkoxide formation, if I made ethoxide, it would just be in ethanol, I suppose, cuz that's its ion, right? I mean, like Na.OH in H.OH, Na.OEt in H.OEt sounds ok to me...No reason to seperate if they work together, and the reaction ends up producing EtOH anyway, right? I'm sure I would have to dry the acetone, of course. Maybe the whole shebang could be semi-one-pot? Naahhh...I must be dreaming.