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The action of sodium metal on a mixture of aryl halide and alkyl halide in ether gives arenes.

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The action of sodium metal on a mixture of aryl halide and alkyl halide in ether gives arenes. The reaction is called Wurtz-Fittig reaction.
$C_{6} H_{5} - B r + 2 N a + C H_{3} C H_{2} B r d r y e t h e r - ---- \to C_{6} H_{5} - C H_{2} C H_{3} + 2 N a B r$

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