Ethanol acts as when it reacts with sodium metal to form sodium ethoxide and hydrogen gas.

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Solution

The correct option is A acid
Ethanol in the presence of metals exhibits acidic behaviour.
So, when sodium is treated with ethanol, it leads to the evolution of hydrogen gas and formation of sodium ethoxide $(C H_{3} C H_{2} O N a)$ .

$2 N a (s) + C H_{3} C H_{2} O H (a q) \to 2 C H_{3} C H_{2} O N a (a q) + H_{2} (g)$

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Q. Ethanol acts as when it reacts with sodium metal to form sodium ethoxide and hydrogen gas.

Q. In the reaction where Ethanol reacts with Sodium metal to give Sodium Ethoxide and Hydrogen gas

C H_{3} C H_{2} O H + N a \to C H_{3} C H_{2} O N a + H_{2}

ethanol behaves like _______.

Q. In the reaction where ethanol reacts with sodium metal to give sodium ethoxide and hydrogen gas, the ethanol behaves like _______.

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Ethanol acts as when it reacts with sodium metal to form sodium ethoxide and hydrogen gas.

The correct option is A acidEthanol in the presence of metals exhibits acidic behaviour. So, when sodium is treated with ethanol, it leads to the evolution of hydrogen gas and formation of sodium ethoxide (CH3CH2ONa). 2Na(s)+CH3CH2OH(aq)→2CH3CH2ONa(aq)+H2(g)