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How does chlorobenzene react with sodium in the presence of ether? What is the nane of the reaction ?

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Solution :(i) CHLOROBENZENE when heated with sodium in ether solution will FORM biphenyl as the product. This REACTION is called FITTING reaction.
`underset("Chlorobenzene")(C_6H_5Cl) + 2Na + ClC_6H_5 underset(DELTA)overset("Ether")to underset("Biphenyl")(C_6H_5C_6H_5) + 2NaCl`


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