Question

Question 17
Ethanol reacts with sodium and forms two products. These are
(a) sodium ethanoate and hydrogen
(b) sodium ethanoate and oxygen
(c) sodium ethoxide and hydrogen
(d) sodium ethoxide and oxygen

Answer 1

(a)
If a small piece of sodium is dropped into few ml of ethanol, it reacts steadily to give off bubbles of hydrogen gas and produces a colourless solution of sodium ethoxide.