Question

Give the products formed when:

When ethyl chloride is treated with aqueous $\mathrm{KOH}$__________.

Answer 1

1. Ethyl chloride or Chloroethane is chemically represented by the formula${\mathbf{C}}_{\mathbf{2}}{\mathbf{H}}_{\mathbf{5}}\mathbf{Cl}$.
2. When reacting ethyl chloride with aqueous $\mathbf{\left(}\mathbf{KOH}\mathbf{\right)}$two types of reaction occurs such as nucleophilic reaction and elimination reaction.
3. The chemical reaction proceeds as follows:$\underset{(\mathrm{Ethyl}\mathrm{chloride})}{{\mathrm{C}}_2{\mathrm{H}}_5\mathrm{Cl}\left(l\right)}+\mathrm{KOH}\left(aq\right)\to \underset{\left(\mathrm{Ethanol}\right)}{{\mathrm{C}}_2{\mathrm{H}}_5\mathrm{OH}\left(aq\right)}+\underset{(\mathrm{Hydrogen}\mathrm{chloride})}{\mathrm{HCl}\left(aq\right)}$
4. In this reaction Ethyl alcohol or Ethanol$\mathbf{\left(}{\mathbf{C}}_{\mathbf{2}}{\mathbf{H}}_{\mathbf{5}}\mathbf{OH}\mathbf{\right)}$ is formed as product with the help of nucleophilic reaction.
5. Hence we concluded that When ethyl chloride is treated with aqueous $\mathrm{KOH}$then Ethanol$\mathbf{\left(}{\mathbf{C}}_{\mathbf{2}}{\mathbf{H}}_{\mathbf{5}}\mathbf{OH}\mathbf{\right)}\mathbf{}$ is formed.