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Freshly prepared, bright blue coloured solution of sodium in liquid ammonia can be used to reduce the organic functional moieties. In this, the actual reducing species is:

A

`[Na(NH_3)_n]^(+)`

B

`[H_2(NH_3)_n]`

C

`[NaNH_2(NH_3)_n]`

D

`[e(NH_3)_n]^(-)`

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D
Ammoniated electron acts as reducing agent
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