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What is Wurtz reaction? Give example.

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When alkyl halides are heated with sodium metal in ether medium higher alkanes are formed. This reaction is known as Wurtz reaction and employed for the synthesis of higher alkanes containing even number of carbon atoms.
`CH_(3) - Br + underset("Bromomethane")(2Na + Br - CH_(3)) underset("heat")overset("dryether")(rarr) CH_(3) - underset("ethane")(CH_(3)) - + 2 NaBr`
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