Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Reaction of sodium metal with alcohol. User Settings. In the perchlorate complex, one of the perchlorate ions is coordinated bidentately while in the nitrate complex two of the nitrate ions are coordinated monodentately to the metal ion. On the other hand, the production of MnO2 together with acetic acid from the reaction of ethanol in a NaOH solution resulted in the green color of the solution.
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