How do you convert benzyl chloride to benzyl alcohol?

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Conversion of Benzyl chloride to Benzyl alcohol:
Formation of Benzyl alcohol
When Benzyl chloride is treated with aqueous Potassium hydroxide $(KOH)$ it undergoes a substitution reaction to form Benzyl alcohol:
This conversion of Benzyl chloride to Benzyl alcohol is a 1 step reaction
Therefore, Benzyl chloride upon treatment with aqueous Potassium hydroxide $(KOH)$ forms Benzyl alcohol.

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