MCQ
Ethanol reacts with sodium and forms two products. These are:
- ASodium ethanoate and hydrogen.
- BSodium ethanoate and oxygen.
- CSodium ethoxide and hydrogen.
- DSodium ethoxide and oxygen.
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Answer
- Sodium ethoxide and hydrogen.
Explanation:
$2\text{C}_2\text{H}_5\text{OH}+2\text{Na}\rightarrow2\text{C}_2\text{H}_5\text{ONa + H}_2\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \text{Sod.ethoxide}$
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