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