Write chemical equation of the reaction of ethanoic acid with the following
a) Sodium b) Sodium hydroxide c)Ethanol.

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(a) Sodium
$2 C H_{3} C O O H + N a \to 2 C H_{3} C O O N a (s o d i u m a c e t a t e) + H_{2}$
(b) Sodium hydroxide
$C H_{3} C O O H + N a O H \to C H_{3} C O O N a (s o d i u m a c e t a t e) + H_{2} O$
(c) $C H_{3} C O O H + C_{2} H_{5} O H \to C H_{3} C O O C_{2} H_{5} (E t h y l e t h a n a t e) + H_{2} O$ .

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