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initially in C2H7O, oxygen atom has 3 bonded and 2 un-bonded electrons. which makes it quite unstable. When it reacts with water, water acts as bronsted base and accepts an H+ ion and becomes H30+. in this way product comes out to be ethyl alcohol and H3O+.

well, we say that an object on Earth has a potential energy that is dependent on its position, i.e height. In this case we take Earth as reference point, similarly if we take sun as reference point, the Earth should have some sort of potential energy.