i considering the following experiment, answer the qu-
estions given below it:
Take lo ml ethanol in a big test tube. cut sodium metal
mto 2-3 pieces of a gerial goaun size. put the Sodium
pieces into the ethanol in the test tube & fix the gas
delivery tube to the tube test. Take a buoning candie
near the outlet of the gas delivery tube & observe.
c) repeat the above procedure using magnesium ribbon instead of a sodium
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If a small piece of sodium is dropped into ethanol, it reacts steadily to give off bubbles of hydrogen gas and leaves a colorless solution of sodium ethoxide CH
3
CH
2
ONa. Hydrogen gas that is released burns with a pop sound.
1. X is ethanol - CH
3
CH
2
OH
2. Y is Sodium ethoxide - CH
3
CH
2
ONa
3. Chemical equation for the reaction is:
2CH
3
CH
2
OH+2Na→2CH
3
CH
2
ONa+H
2
4. When Ethanol is heated with excess of conc. sulphuric acid, it leads to dehydration of ethanol to ethene - CH
2
=CH
2
.
CH
3
CH
2
OH
conc.H
2
SO
4
CH
2
=CH
2
+H
2
O
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