Reaction of Sodium with tert-Butanol 003
Channel: Professor Heath's Chemistry Channel
Date: 03/04/2014

Demonstration of the bond dissociation energy of the O-H bond of t-butanol using the reaction between sodium metal and t-butanol shown below: 2 Na (s) + 2 (CH3)3COH (l) → 2 (CH3)3CONa (aq) + H2 (g)