Organic Chem. what reagent will convert methylcyclopentane to 1-methyl-cyclopentan-2-ol

also does anyone know what Na, EtOH, delta does when used as a reagent?

Try using the correct name: it's 2-methycyclopentanol

Alkanes are terrible starting materials -- you will have to halogenate, dehydrohalogenate and hydrate AntiMarkovnikov-wise.

Delta usually means heat,. You don't have to heat Na and ethanol to make sodium ethoxide.