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Question
Addition of sodium bisulphite to ethanol is ____________ type of reaction.
Options
electrophilic addition
electrophilic substitution
nucleophilic addition
nucleophilic substitution
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Solution
Addition of sodium bisulphite to ethanol is nucleophilic addition type of reaction.
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