Name: Basics of Organic Chemistry
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 5 min 44 s
Description: Organic chemistry focuses on molecules mainly composed of carbon and hydrogen, along with a handful of other elements. Watch this video to learn more.

Question

Write down the structure of ethanol molecule. How does ethanol behave with the following?
Sodium, Bleaching powder, Ethanoic acid

Accepted Answer

The molecular formula of ethanol is $C_{2} H_{5} OH$ and the structural formula is

Ethanol reacts with sodium to produce hydrogen gas and sodium ethoxide.

$\underset{Sodium}{2 Na (s)} + \underset{Ethanol}{2 {CH}_{3} {CH}_{2} OH (l)} \to \underset{Sodium ethoxide}{2 {CH}_{3} {CH}_{2} ONa (aq)} + \underset{Hydrogen}{H_{2} ↑ (g)}$

When ethanol reacts with hydrated bleaching powder it forms chloroform $({CHCl}_{3})$ and calcium acetate. $(C_{4} H_{6} {CaO}_{4})$ .

When ethanol is warmed with ethanoic acid in presence of a few drops of concentrated sulphuric acid, sweet smell of ethyl ethanoate (ethyl acetate) commonly known as ester is produced.

$\underset{ethanol}{{CH}_{3} {CH}_{2} OH (l)} + \underset{ethanoic acid}{{CH}_{3} COOH (l)} \to \underset{ethyl ethanoate}{{CH}_{3} {COOC}_{2} H_{5} (l)} + \underset{Water}{H_{2} O (l)}$

Write down the structure of ethanol molecule. How does ethanol behave with the following?
Sodium, Bleaching powder, Ethanoic acid

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Write down the structure of ethanol molecule. How does ethanol behave with the following? Sodium, Bleaching powder, Ethanoic acid

Important Questions on Carbon Compounds

Learn and Prepare for any exam you want !

Write down the structure of ethanol molecule. How does ethanol behave with the following?
Sodium, Bleaching powder, Ethanoic acid