Question

Fill in the blanks from the choices given within brackets:

(i) The compound formed when ethanol reacts with sodium is ….. (sodium ethanoate, sodium ethoxide, sodium propanoate)

Answer 1

When Ethanol is dumped on Sodium It form bubbles of Hydrogen gas and Sodium ethoxide.

$\underset{\left(\mathrm{Ethanole}\right)}{{\mathrm{CH}}_3{\mathrm{CH}}_2\mathrm{OH}\left(\mathrm{l}\right)}+\underset{\left(\mathrm{Sodium}\right)}{\mathrm{Na}\left(\mathrm{s}\right)}\to \underset{(\mathrm{Sodium}\mathrm{ethanoate})}{{\mathrm{CH}}_3{\mathrm{CH}}_2\mathrm{ONa}\left(\mathrm{s}\right)}+\underset{\left(\mathrm{Hydrogen}\right)}{{\mathrm{H}}_2\left(\mathrm{g}\right)}$

The compound formed when ethanol reacts with sodium is Sodium ethoxide.