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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?
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उत्तर
Ethanol reacts with sodium to form sodium ethoxide and hydrogen gas.
\[\ce{2Na + 2CH3CH2OH ->\underset{{Sodium Ethoxide}}{2CH3CH2O - Na^+} + H2\uparrow}\]
Notes
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