What happens when sodium reacts with ethanol? GIve chemical equation also.
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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.
sodium + ethanol
sodium ethoxide +
hydrogen.
2Na(s) + 2C2H5OH(l)
2C2H5ONa(l) +
H2(g)
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2Na +2C2H5OH-------->2C2H5ONa + H2
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