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Nitroalkanes can be prepared by heating an alkyl halide with……. In aqueous ethanolic solution.

A

`KNO_(2)`

B

`NaNO_(2)`

C

`Ca(NO_(2))_(2)`

D

`AgNO_(2)`

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D

This method is only useful for the preparation of primary nitroalkanes `(RCH_(2)NO_(2))`. With sec-halides, the yield is about `15%`, and with `t`-halides `0-5%`, while the yiedl of nitrite `(RONO)` increases from primary to tertiary halides.
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