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Question
Name the products formed and give appropriate chemical equations for the following:
sodium reacting with ethyl alcohol.
Solution
\[\ce{2C2H5OH + Na -> C2H5ONa + H2 \uparrow}\]
When sodium reacts with ethyl alcohol, hydrogen is evolved with the formation of sodium ethoxide.
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