How Sodium metalreacts with (i) ethanol and (ii) acetylene.

1.	How Sodium metalreacts with (i) ethanol and (ii) acetylene.
Answer» Solution :Sodium METAL reacts with ethanol to FORM sodium ETHOXIDE and liberates `H_(2)`gas. `2Na + C_(2)H_(5)OH to 2C_(2)H_(5)ONA + underset(Na)(H_(2))uarr` `HC=CH + Na to H-C=C-Na to Nunderset("Sodium ACETYLIDE")(a-C=C-Na)`

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