Question

Name the gas produced when a sodium metal piece is dropped in a test tube containing a compound with formula c2h6o and also write test for the gas evolved

Answer 1

ethanol is X and hydrogen is Y.

CH3CH2OH + Na -> CH3CH2ONa + H2

when you heat ethanol with excess concentrated sulphuric acid we get Ethene

CH3CH2OH --------> CH2=CH2 + H2O

(H2SO4)

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