State how the following conversions can be carried out :
(ii) Ethyl chloride to Ethene

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Solution

The conversion of Ethyl chloride to Ethene is a dehydrohalogenation reaction as in this reaction removal of hydrogen and a halogen takes place. When alcoholic KOH will be treated with an alkyl halide, an elimination reaction will take place.

$C H_{3} C H_{2} C l + K O H \to C_{2} H_{4} + K C l + H_{2} O$

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