Question

Alkyl halide reacting with metallic sodium in dry ether solution is called:

• A. Friedel-crafts reaction
• B. Sandmeyer reaction
• C. Wurtz reaction
• D. Gabriels reaction

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Wurtz reaction

The Wurtz reaction is a coupling reaction in which two alkyl halides are reacted with sodium metal in dry ether solution to form a higher alkane:

$2RX+2Na\to R-R+2N{a}^{+}{X}^{-}$