Ethyl alcohol is obtained when ethyl chloride is boiled with?
A
alcoholic KOH
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B
aqueous KOH
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C
water
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D
aqueous KMnO4
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Solution
The correct option is C aqueous KOH Ethyl chloride can undergo both nucleophilic substitution as well as elimination reactions with strong alkali like KOH. When it undergoes nucleophilic substitution, ethly alcohol is formed.