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Sodium ethoxide is prepared by reacting ethanol with aqueous sodium hydroxide.

Amanat , 10 Years ago
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Kevin Nash

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False : Ethanol is not acidic enough to react with aq. NaOH. Thus sod. Ethoxide (C base 2H base 5ONa) is prepared by the reaction of Na metal with ethyl alcohol.

2C base 2H base 5OH + 2Na ?2 C base 2H base 5ONa + H base 2 ?

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