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A piece of sodium metal is put in n-propyl alcohol. Give balanced reaction.

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n-Propyl alcohol reacts with piece of sodium metal, soldiumx propoxide and hydrogen gas are obtained.
`2CH_(3)-CH_(2)-underset("n-propyl alcohol")(CH_(2)-OH+2Na)tounderset("Sodium propoxide")(2CH_(3)-CH_(2)-CH_(2))-ONa+H_(2)uparrow`
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