When ethanol react with sodium,which gas will produce?

hydrogen

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oxygen

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sodium ethoxide

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carbon dioxide

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Solution

The correct option is A hydrogen
If a small piece of sodium is dropped into some ethanol, it reacts steadily to give off bubbles of hydrogen gas and leaves a colourless solution of sodium ethoxide, $C H_{3} C H_{2} O N a$ and hydrogen gas is evolved.
$2 C_{2} H_{5} O H + 2 N a \to 2 C_{2} H_{5} O N a + H_{2}$ Option A is correct.

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