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Question
State how the following conversion can be carried out:
Ethyl chloride to Ethene.
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Solution
Ethyl chloride, treated with alcoholic KOH, gives Ethene.
\[\ce{\underset{chloride}{\underset{Ethyl}{C2H5Cl}} + KOH_{(aq)} -> \underset{Ethanol}{C2H5OH} + KCl}\]
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