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Question
State how the following conversions can be carried out:
Ethyl chloride to Ethyl alcohol
Solution
Ethyl chloride on hydrolysis with dilute alkali gives ethyl alcohol.
\[\ce{C2H5CI + KOH -> C2H5OH + KCl}\]
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