Question

Ethanol reacts with sodium and forms two products. These are

Options

• sodium ethanoate and hydrogen

• sodium ethanoate and oxygen

• sodium ethoxide and hydrogen

• sodium ethoxide and oxygen

Answer 1

sodium ethoxide and hydrogen

Explanation - 

When ethanol reacts with sodium, sodium ethoxide and hydrogen gas are produced. 

`2"Na" + 2  "CH"_3"CH"_2"OH" -> underset("Sodium  ethoxide")(2"CH"_3"CH"_2"O"^-"Na"^+) + "H"_2`