The order of reactivity of alcohols towards Na or K metal is

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primary > secondar > tertiary

primary < secondary > tertiary

primary < secondary < tertiar

primary > secondary < tertiary

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Reactivity of alcohol towards Na is MeOH > 1° > 2° > 3°.

Alcohols are reactive in the following order: Primary > Secondary > Tertiary in reactions with sodium or potassium metal.

As a result, primary alcohols have the highest reactivity and tertiary alcohols have the lowest reactivity.

Since there are more alkyl groups in tertiary alcohol, the acidity is reduced

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