Question

When ethyl iodide is treated with alcoholic potassium hydroxide forms ethylene. The reaction is known as ​

Answer 1

Answer:

When ethyl iodide is reacted  with alcoholic potash we get ethylene. This reaction is called as dehydro halogenation which is a elimination reaction. This is a process of preparing  alkenes from haloalkanes.

CH − CH 2 − I+alcKOH→CH 2 =CH 2+KI+H2O.