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Write the chemical equation representing the reaction of preparation of ethanol from ethane.

Preparation of ethanol from ethane


Step 1: Ethane reacts with chlorine in the presence of sunlight to form chloroethane.



Step 2: Now, chloroethane reacts with NaOH to form ethanol by the replacement of Cl atom by OH.


CH3CH2Cl + NaOH → CH3CH2OH


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