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Question
How does chlorobenzene react with sodium in the presence of ether? What is the name of the reaction?
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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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