Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · 4.2

4.2 — practice question

If bromoethane, $\text{C}_2\text{H}_5\text{Br}$, is warmed with NaOH in ethanol, what type of reaction takes place?

  • Aelectrophilic substitution
  • Belimination
  • Cnucleophilic substitution, mainly via an $\text{S}_\text{N}1$ mechanism
  • Dnucleophilic substitution, mainly via an $\text{S}_\text{N}2$ mechanism

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