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