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The products of reaction of alcoholi silver nitrite with ethyl bromide are

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Ethane
Ethene
Nitroethane
Ethyl nitrite

Solution :Silver nitrite, being a salt of nitrous acid, occurs in twotautomeric forms.

In other words, `NO_(2)^(-)` ions from `AgNO_(2)^(-)` may exist in two tautomeric FROMS `-O-N = O`(Nitrite ion) forming alkyl nitrities and (nitro GROUP) forming nitroalkanes.
`2C_(2)H_(5)Br+2AgNO_(2) rarrC_(2)H_(5)NO_(2) + C_(2)H_(5)ONO + 2AgBr`


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