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What will be the class of the nucleophilic substitution product when sodium hydroxide reacts with chloroethane?(a) Alkane(b) Alcohol(c) Amine(d) EtherThe question was posed to me at a job interview.The query is from Haloalkanes & Haloarenes in section Haloalkanes and Haloarenes of Chemistry – Class 12

Answer» CORRECT choice is (b) Alcohol

The BEST I can EXPLAIN: The OH^– nucleophile SUBSTITUTES the Cl^– ION in chloroethane to form ethanol, which is an alcohol.


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