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Reactions of Ethanol with Sodium

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Give the balanced chemical reaction of sodium with ethanol.

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Ethanol reacts with sodium leading to the evolution of hydrogen gas along with sodium ethoxide. The reaction occurs as follows:

$2 Na (s) + 2 {CH}_{3} {CH}_{2} OH (aq) \to 2 {CH}_{3} {CH}_{2} ONa (aq) + H_{2} (g)$

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