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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

Sodium ethoxide has reacted with ethanoyl chloride. The compound that is produced in the above reaction is : (1) 2-Butanone (2) Ethyl chloride (3) Ethyl ethanoate (4) Diethyl ether

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The correct answer is Number 4. Diethyl Ether is obtained by the reaction of Ethyl Chloride (Alkyl Halide) and Sodiumethoxide. This reaction is also known as Williamson Synthesis.