Question

on dropping a small piece of sodium in organic compound A with molecular formula C2 H6 O in a test tube a brisk effervescence is observed on bringing a burning splinter the gas evolved burns with a Pop sound identify A and write the chemical equation

Answer 1

A= ethanol

2C2H5OH + 2Na-------> 2C2H5ONa + H2

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Answer 2

Compound A is ethanol.

Reaction of ethanol with sodium-

2CH3CH2OH+2Na = 2CH3CH2ONa + hydrogen gas is evolved .