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A piece of sodium is dropped in ethanol. Give balanced reaction.

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When a piece of sodium is dropped in ethanol at room temperature, sodium ethoxide is formed and hydrogen gas is liberated.
`underset("Ethanol")(2C_(2)H_(5)OH)+underset("Sodium")(2Na)tounderset("Sodium ethoxide")(2C_(2)H_(5)ONa)+underset("Hydrogen")(H_(2)uparrow)`
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