what happen when ethnol react with sodium metal
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it will form CH4OHNA. .
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owever, the latter reaction occurs faster because of the increased acidity of water (K a value of 1 × 10 −15). Likewise, similar reactions occur with potassium metal.
The acidity of alcohols decreases while going from primary to secondary to tertiary. This decrease in acidity is due to two factors: an increase of electron density on the oxygen atom of the more highly‐substituted alcohol, and steric hindrance (because of the alkyl groups, which inhibit solvation of the resulting alkoxide ion). Both of these situations increase the activation energy for proton removal.
The basicity of alkoxide ions increases while going from primary to tertiary. This increase in basicity occurs because the conjugate base of a weak acid is strong. The weaker the acid, the stronger the conjugate base.