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Give preparation of ethanol from monochloroethane and aq. sodium hydroxide.

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Preparation of ethanol from monochloroethane and aq. sodium hydroxide.

C2H5-Cl monochloroethane+NaOH[aq] aq. sodium hydroxideboilC2H5-OH Ethanol [ethyl alcohol]+NaCl\underset{\text{ monochloroethane}}{\text{C}2\text{H}5\text{-Cl}} + \underset{ \text{ aq. sodium hydroxide}}{\text{NaOH[aq]}} \xrightarrow{\text{boil}} \underset{ \text{ Ethanol [ethyl alcohol]} }{\text{C}2\text{H}5\text{-OH}} + \text{NaCl}\

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