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Hydrolysis of Cyanides

Ethyl alcohol...

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Ethyl alcohol is obtained when ethyl chloride is boiled with?

A

alcoholic

K O H

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B

aqueous

K O H

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C

water

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aqueous

K M n O_{4}

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Solution

The correct option is C aqueous $K O H$
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.
$C_{2} H_{5} C l + K O H_{(} a q) \to C_{2} H_{5} O H + K C l$

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