Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
What happens when a small piece of sodium is dropped in ethanol? Write the equation for this reaction.
What happens when a piece of sodium is dropped into ethanol?
Advertisements
उत्तर
Ethanol reacts with sodium to form sodium ethoxide and hydrogen gas.
\[\ce{2Na + 2CH3CH2OH ->\underset{{Sodium Ethoxide}}{2CH3CH2O - Na^+} + H2 ↓}\]
Notes
Students should refer to the answer according to their question.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Complete the following chemical equations : C2H5OH + Na →
Fill in the blanks from the choices given within brackets:
The basicity of acetic acid is-------- (3, 1, 4).
Choose the correct alternative and rewrite the following:
Acetic acid ..................
Name the gas evolved when ethanoic acid is added to sodium carbonate. How would you prove the presence of this gas?
Give any two uses of ethanoic acid.
How is ethyne prepared in the laboratory?
Fill in the blank with appropriate word/words.
Vinegar is a solution of about ________per cent ________in water.
When acetaldehyde is oxidized with acidified potassium dichromate, it forms ______.
Explain the following reaction with an example.
Esterification
How is ethanol to ethanoic acid an oxidation reaction different from the reaction in which ethanol burns in the presence of oxygen?
