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What happens when a small piece of sodium is dropped into ethanol?

Class 10th AP - Physics & Chemistry 14. Carbon and its Compounds

Answer :

When a small piece of sodium is dropped into ethanol, it forms sodium ethoxide (C₂H₅ONa). The reaction is given below:

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