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Halo alkanes reacts with alkalies to produce alcohol. Give the equation for the preparation of second member of homologous series of alcohol. State under what condition the reaction occur.

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Ethyl alcohol can be prepared by hydrolysis of haloalkane on reaction with hot and dilute alkali or when an alkyl halide is boiled with aqueous alkalis.

C2H5-Br Bromoethane [ethyl bromide]+NaOHaqueousboilC2H5OH ethyl alcohol+NaBr\underset{\text{ Bromoethane [ethyl bromide]}}{\text{C}2\text{H}5\text{-Br}} + \underset{\text{aqueous}}{\text{NaOH}} \xrightarrow{\text{boil}} \underset{ \text{ ethyl alcohol}} {\text{C}2\text{H}5\text{OH}} + \text{NaBr}

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