Question

what happened when a small piece of sodium is dropped into ethanol

Answer 1

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. ... Hydrogen gas will be involved in this reaction..

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Answer 2

If a small piece of sodium is dropped in ethanol,it react steadily to give off bubbles of hydrogen gas and leaves a colourless solution of sodium ethoxide.s sodium ethoxide is known as alkoxide.