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The treatment of alkyl chlorides with aqueous KOH leads to the formation of alcohols but in the presence of alcoholic KOH, alkenes are major products. Explain.

Important Questions on Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

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Chemistry Part 2 Textbook for Class 12>Chapter 1 - Haloalkanes and Haloarenes>Exercises>Q 10.21
Primary alkyl halide C4H9Br (a) reacted with alcoholic KOH to give compound (b), Compound (b) is reacted with HBr to give (c) which is an isomer of (a). When (a) is reacted with sodium metal it gives compound (d), C8H18 which is different from the compound formed when n-butyl bromide is reacted with sodium. Give the structural formula of (a) and write the equations for all the reactions.
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Chemistry Part 2 Textbook for Class 12>Chapter 1 - Haloalkanes and Haloarenes>Exercises>Q 10.22
What happens when n-butyl chloride is treated with alcoholic KOH.
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Chemistry Part 2 Textbook for Class 12>Chapter 1 - Haloalkanes and Haloarenes>Exercises>Q 10.22
What happens when bromobenzene is treated with Mg in the presence of dry ether?
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Chemistry Part 2 Textbook for Class 12>Chapter 1 - Haloalkanes and Haloarenes>Exercises>Q 10.22
What happens when chlorobenzene is subjected to hydrolysis?
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Chemistry Part 2 Textbook for Class 12>Chapter 1 - Haloalkanes and Haloarenes>Exercises>Q 10.22
What happens when ethyl chloride is treated with aqueous KOH?
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Chemistry Part 2 Textbook for Class 12>Chapter 1 - Haloalkanes and Haloarenes>Exercises>Q 10.22
What happens when methyl bromide is treated with sodium in the presence of dry ether?
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Chemistry Part 2 Textbook for Class 12>Chapter 1 - Haloalkanes and Haloarenes>Exercises>Q 10.22
What happens when methyl chloride is treated with KCN?