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Benzyl chloride, C6H5CH2Cl,reacts with ethanolic KOH to form two products.give their identities and suggest how they are formed.state type of reaction undergone by benzyl chloride

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Benzyl chloride, C6H5CH2Cl,reacts with ethanolic KOH to form two products.give their identities and suggest how they are formed.state type of reaction undergone by benzyl chloride
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Robert answered on Dec 20 2021
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When benzyl chloride reacts with hot ethanolic KOH , two products are formed :
A) C7H8O (C6H5CH2OH) and
B) C6H5CH2OCH2CH3
Product A is formed –OH is nucleophile. For product B ethanol(potassium ethoxide)is nucleophile.
Ethanolic KOH always contains some potassium ethoxide which reacts with...
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