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Question
How will you convert ethyl bromide into ethyl alcohol?
Very Short Answer
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Solution
When ethyl bromide is heated with aqueous KOH, the bromine atom is replaced by a hydroxyl group (–OH) through nucleophilic substitution, forming ethyl alcohol (ethanol).
The chemical reaction can be represented as
\[\ce{C2H5Br + KOH → C2H5OH + KBr}\]
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