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Question
What happens when ethyl chloride is treated with alcoholic potassium hydroxide?
Chemical Equations/Structures
Short Answer
Solution
When ethyl chloride \[\ce{(C2H5Cl)}\] reacts with alcoholic potassium hydroxide \[\ce{(alc. KOH)}\], it undergoes an elimination reaction known as the E2 (bimolecular elimination) reaction.
\[\ce{C2H5Cl + alc. KOH -> C2H4 + KCl + H2O}\] Ethene is formed.
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