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Preparation of Alcohols from Grignard Reagents

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Write the equations for the following reactions : (iii) Bromoethane and an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide.

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The ethanol can be prepared by the hydrolysis of bromoethane on reaction with hot sodium hydroxide. It is a substitution reaction. $C_{2} H_{5} B r + N a O H \to C H_{3} C H_{2} O H + N a B r$

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