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Reduction of Carboxylic Acids

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Write the equations for conversion of ethyl chloride to nitroethane.

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The formation of a nitroalkane from the reaction between an alkyl halide and silver nitrate.
Ethyl chloride reacts with silver nitrate to form nitroethane and silver chloride.
$C H_{3} - C H_{2} - C l + A g N O_{2} \to C H_{3} - C H_{2} - N O_{2} + A g C l$

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