Question

Treatment of alkyl halides with aq. KOH leads to the formation of alcohols , while presence of alc. KOH what products are formed ?

Answer 1

`to` Treatment of alkyl halides with aq. KOH leads to the formation of alcohols . Here Nucleophilic substitution reaction takes place.
Eg : `C_(2)H_(5) Cl + "aq." KOH to C_(2) H_(5) OH + KCl`
`to` Treatment of alkyl halides with alc. KOH leads to the formation of alkenes . Here elimination reaction takes place .
Eg : `C_(2)H_(5) Cl + "alc." KOH to C_(2)H_(4) + KCl + H_(2)O`