how sodium reacts with ethanol
Answers
Answered by
1
Answer:
If a small piece of sodium is dropped into some ethanol, it reacts steadily to give off bubbles of hydrogen gas and leaves a colourless solution of sodium ethoxide, CH3CH2ONa. Sodium ethoxide is known as an alkoxide.
Explanation:
hope it helps you
Mark me as a brainlist
Answered by
0
Sodium reacts with ethanol to give sodium ethoxide.
it has one replacable hydrogen ion, which is exhibited as hydrogen from the soln.
it reacts like this.
2Na + 2C2H5OH ------------------> 2C2H5ONa + H2
Similar questions