When ethyl bromide is heated with silver nitrate the product obtained is:

ethyl nitrite

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ethyl nitrate

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nitropropane

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none of the above

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Solution

The correct option is D ethyl nitrate
When ethyl bromide $(C H_{3} - C H_{2} - B r)$ is heated with silver nitrate the product obtained is ethyl nitrate $(C H_{3} - C H_{2} - N O_{3})$ .

$C H_{3} - C H_{2} - B r + A g N O_{3} Δ - \to C H_{3} - C H_{2} - N O_{3} + A g B r ↓$

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