Q. The chemicals and the reaction conditions required for the preparation of ethane are
A) $C_{2}H_{5}I,\ Zn - Cu,\ C_{2}H_{5}OH$
B) ${CH}_{3}Cl,\ Na,\ H_{2}O$
C) $KOOC - CH = CH - COOK,\ electrolysis$
D) ${CH}_{3}{CO}_{2}Na,\ NaOH,\ CaO,\mathrm{\Delta}$
Explanation
(a)
Alkyl halides can be reduced to hydrocarbons by means of $Zn - Cu$ couple in presence of alcohol.
$C_{2}H_{5}I\underset{C_{2}H_{5}OH}{\overset{\ \ \ Zn - Cu\ \ }{\rightarrow}}C_{2}H_{6} + HI$
ethane
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