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Ether can be dried over sodium, but not alcohol. Why?

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Alcohol contains acidic hydrogen and so reacts with sodium metal and releases hydrogen.
`2C_(2)H_(5)OH + 2Na to 2C_(2)H_(5)ONa+ H_(2)`
Ether has no -OH group and does not react with sodium metal. Hence ether can be dried over sodium, but not alcohol.
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