CHAPTER-4 Carbon and its Compounds
Short Answer Questions
QUESTION-38
- A gas is evolved when ethanol reacts with sodium. Name the gas evolved and also write the balanced chemical equation of the reaction involved.
SOLUTION
When ethanol reacts with sodium it gives Sodium ethoxide with the liberation of Hydrogen gas.
2CH₃- CH₂-OH +2Na——>2 CH₃- CH₂- ONa + H₂