Answer :
When a small piece of sodium reacts with ethanol, a colourless solution of sodium ethoxide, CH3CH2ONa is obtained. It also gives off bubbles of hydrogen gas. Sodium ethoxide is known as an alkoxide.
This following equation shows this reaction:
2CH3CH2OH + 2Na
2CH3CH2ONa + H₂
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