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Question
How does chlorobenzene react with sodium in the presence of ether? What is the name of the reaction?
Solution
Haloarenes react with sodium metal in dry ether, two aryl groups combine to give biaryl products.
This reaction is called fittig reaction.
\[\ce{\underset{\text{Chlorobenzene}}{C6H5Cl} + 2Na + Cl - C6H5 ->[Ether][\Delta] \underset{\text{Biphenyl}}{C6H5 - C6H5} + 2NaCl}\]
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