What happens when ethyl chloride is treated with aqueous $K O H$ ?

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Ethyl chloride can undergo both nucleophilic substitution as well as elimination reactions with strong alkali like $K O H$ . When it undergoes nucleophilic substitution, ethyl alcohol is formed as major product.
$C_{2} H_{5} C l + K O H (a q) \to C_{2} H_{5} O H + K C l$

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