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Grade 12Organic Chemistry

Sodium metal can be used as dehydrate diethylether but not ethanol. why

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5 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Vanshika Govindani
5 Years ago
Ethanol has active hydrogen(in -OH) which reacts with sodium metal as follows:
 
2CH_{3}CH_{2}OH +2Na \rightarrow 2CH_{3}CH_{2}ONa + H_{2}
 
But diethyl ether on the other hand does not have active hydrogen, so it can't react with sodium metal. Hence, sodium can be used to dry ethers.

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