Write balanced chemical equation for the preparation of ethanol from ethyl chloride.

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Solution

Ethanol has the chemical formula $C_{2} H_{5} O H$ .
Ethyl chloride has the chemical formula $C_{2} H_{5} C l$ .
Preparation:
Ethyl chloride, when boiled with Potassium hydroxide $(K O H)$ forms Ethanol and Potassium chloride $(K C l)$ .
The formation of Ethanol from Ethyl chloride is given in the below reaction:
$C_{2} H_{5} C l (a q) + K O H (a q) \overset{B o i l}{\to} C_{2} H_{5} O H (a q) + K C l (a q)$
The chemical equation for the preparation of ethanol from ethyl chloride is,
$C_{2} H_{5} C l (a q) + K O H (a q) \overset{B o i l}{\to} C_{2} H_{5} O H (a q) + K C l (a q)$

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