BRAINCAKEReaction with Aqueous Sodium Hydroxide
Halogenoalkanes react with warm aqueous sodium hydroxide to form alcohols. This is a nucleophilic substitution in which the hydroxide ion is the nucleophile. It is also called hydrolysis.
For example: CH3CH2Br + NaOH → CH3CH2OH + NaBr. The ionic equation is CH3CH2Br + OH- → CH3CH2OH + Br-.
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