Science, asked by shreya351, 1 year ago

how to convert ethenol into ethyle chloride

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Answered by Samruddhi2001
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Ethane can be converted into ethyl chloride by treating it with chlorine in the presence of Ultraviolet light. The mechanism followed would be free radical mechanism and will give you the desired product in a single step.

shreya351: i am asking about organic conversion
Samruddhi2001: Heyy, listen Ethyl cloride can be converted into Ethanol but how will you convert ethanol to ethyl chloride? Is it possible? If yes, then explain me..
shreya351: reaction of ethanol with phosphorous trichloride and it will give you 3 ethyl chloride and phosphorous acid which is H3PO3
Samruddhi2001: Ohh yehh reaction with pcl3 ha ha I totally forget about it!! Sry dear for ur discomfort :)
shreya351: its ok..thanks for your response btw
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