Halo alkanes react with alkalies to produce alcohol. Give the equation for the preparation of second member of homologous series of alcohol. State under what condition the reaction occurs.

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Note: Ethanol is the second member of homologous series of alcohol.

Ethanol can be prepared by the hydrolysis of alkyl halide, Ethyl Chloride with a hot dilute alkali. The following equation for the preparation of the second member of the homologous series of alcohol, preparation of Ethanol.

$C_{2} H_{5} C l E t h y l C h l o r i d e + d i l . K O H b o i l - - \to C_{2} H_{5} O H E t h a n o l + K C l$

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