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Question
How would you convert ethyl bromide into ethene?
Solution
Ethyl bromide, in the presence of hot alcoholic KOH, undergoes a dehydrohalogenation reaction to give ethene.
\[\ce{C2H5Br + alc. KOH -> C2H4 + KBr + H2O}\]
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