Question

Write the balanced chemical equation for Preparation of Ethanol from Ethyl chloride.

Answer 1

Preparation of Ethanol from Ethyl chloride:

• A reaction in which one atom or a group of atoms of a molecule is replaced by another atom (or group of atoms) is called a substitution reaction.
• Ethyl chloride is converted to Ethyl alcohol by the substitution Reaction where it is treated with aq. KOH or aq. NaOH.
• The balanced equation is as follows:

$\underset{\mathrm{Ethyl}\mathrm{chloride}}{{\mathrm{H}}_3\mathrm{C}-{\mathrm{CH}}_2-\mathrm{Cl}\left(\mathrm{g}\right)}\stackrel{\mathrm{aq}.\mathrm{KOH}}{\to }\underset{\mathrm{Ethanol}}{{\mathrm{H}}_3\mathrm{C}-{\mathrm{CH}}_2-\mathrm{OH}\left(\mathrm{l}\right)}+\underset{\mathrm{Sodium}\mathrm{chloride}}{\mathrm{KCl}\left(\mathrm{s}\right)}$