Define wurtz reaction.
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The Wurtz reaction, named after Charles Adolphe Wurtz, is a coupling reaction in natural chemistry, organometallic chemistry and these days inorganic fundamental team polymers, whereby two alkyl halides are reacted with sodium steel in dry ether answer to structure a higher alkane.
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Alkyl halides react with sodium in dry ether to give hydrocarbons containing double the number of carbon atom present in halide.
This reaction is known as Wurtz reaction.
2RX + 2Na —> RR + 2NaX
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