Sodium metal can be used for the drying of?

Ethanol

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ammonia

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dimethyl ether

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phenol

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Solution

The correct option is C dimethyl ether
Ethanol (due to the presence of active hydrogen atom, C base 2H base 5 – O - H) reacts with sodium metal, while ether and benzene have no such hydrogen atom and hence do not react with sodium and thus can be dried by metallic sodium.
Hence option C is correct answer.

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