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Alcohols react with active metals e.g. Na, K etc. to give corresponding alkoxides. Write down the decreasing order of reactivity of sodium metal towards primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols
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Alcohols react with active metals e.g. Na, K etc. to give corresponding alkoxides. Write down the decreasing order of reactivity of sodium metal towards primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols

The following is a list of sodium metal’s reactivity to alcohols in decreasing order: Primary alcohols are followed by secondary alcohols and finally tertiary alcohols.

Because of two factors, sodium metal has the lowest reactivity towards tertiary alcohols. The first is alkyl group steric hindrance. Second, in the hydroxyl bond, a rise in the electron density on an oxygen atom.

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