This one has me baffled - I've been asked to write a balanced chemical equation with state symbols for the reaction of propan-1-ol with sodium.
As the produced sodium propoxide is ionic I assume that it cannot be a liquid at room temperature. Now, when we did this experiment, no solid ppt. was formed so i assume that the propoxide is in solution. But it's not aqueous is it? There was never any water? That rules out (aq)
Help!
2007-10-18 08:43:08 · 3 answers · asked by Angharad T 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
You'll just have to find out the way the prof wants it on a test. Maybe NaOCH2CH2CH3(alc). It is soluble in 1-propanol.
2007-10-18 08:52:49 · answer #1 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a liquid. It was just probably miscible with the other liquid components. It can be separated by distillation.
2007-10-18 15:47:48 · answer #2 · answered by haile d 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
R-O-Na+
(sodium alkoxide)
2007-10-18 15:51:29 · answer #3 · answered by Just some guy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋