Question

Why is reaction of ethyl alcohol with sodium not a displacement reaction?
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Answer 1

Answer:

Alcohols do not undergo such base-induced elimination reactions and are, in fact, often used as solvents for such reactions. ... When an alcohol is treated with sodium hydroxide, the following acid-base equilibrium occurs. Most alcohols are slightly weaker acids than water so the left side is favored .

Answer 2

Answer:

The Reaction between Sodium Metal and Ethanol

If a small piece of sodium is dropped into ethanol, it reacts steadily to give off bubbles of hydrogen gas and leaves a colorless solution of sodium ethoxide: CH3CH2ONa. The anion component is an alkoxide.

Alcohols react with sodium to form a salt (sodium alkoxide) and hydrogen gas. This is because of the similarities in the structure of the water molecule and the alkyl (O—H) group in alcohols. Due to the low density of the alcohols the sodium sinks.

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