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Question
What happens when (give chemical equation):
Sodium reacts with ethanol (ethyl alcohol)
Solution
Ethanol reacts with sodium to form sodium ethoxide along with the rapid effervescence of hydrogen gas.
The chemical equation of this reaction is as follows:
2C2H5OH + 2Na → 2C2H5O-Na+ + H2
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