Question

3. State True or False :
Sodium hydroxide does not act as a base in solvent benzene.​

Answer 1

Answer:

false

Explanation:

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Answer 2

The statement sodium hydroxide does not act as a base in solvent benzene is true.

• Sodium belongs to the first group of the periodic table and is an alkali metal.
• Sodium hydroxide act based on water used as a solvent because in water sodium hydroxide dissociates into Na+ and OH- ion and OH- ion is responsible for the basicity of the NaOH solution.
• Higher the PH is the basic character. so, NaOH is highly basic and its PH is nearly 14 at 25°c.
• Benzene is a non-polar organic solvent and NaOH is polar. so, NaOH does not dissociate into Na+ and OH- ions due to no interaction with the solvent.
• Hence, sodium hydroxide does not act as a base in benzene.