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Question
What happens when a small piece of sodium is dropped in ethanol? Write the equation for this reactions.
Solution
Alcohols react with sodium leading to the evolution of hydrogen.
\[\ce{2Na + 2CH3CH2OH -> \underset{(Sodium ethoxide)}{2CH3CH2O^-Na+ + H2↑}}\]
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