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Grade 12Engineering Entrance Exams

Which of the following on heating with aqueous KOH, produces acetaldehyde ? (1) CH3COCl (2) CH3CH2Cl (3) CH2ClCH2Cl (4) CH3CHCl2

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12 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Saurabh Koranglekar
6 Years ago
Dear student

The answer is option d

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Profile image of Vikas TU
6 Years ago
Ans is c
The geminal dihalides are boiled with aqueous KOH or NaOH. It produces aldehydes and ketones. geminal dihalide (R-CHX2) having two halogen atoms situated on terminal carbon atom, are hydrolysed by aq. KOH or aq. NaOH first produced a unstable dihydroxy compound. Then converts into an aldehyde by loss of water molecule.
1-1- dichloroethane is germinal dihalide which react with KOH and produce unstable hydroxyl compound then loss of water molecule acetaldehyde produce
 

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