How is ethyl chloride prepared from alcohol using thionyl chloride? "

How Beryllium chloride is prepared?

Alkyl chlorides can be prepared by refluxing alcohol with thionyl chloride in the presence of pyridine. Why is pyridine used?

Reaction With Thionyl Chloride

How is anhydrous magnesium chloride prepared from magnesium chloride hexahydrate?

What happens when: (i). Methyl chloride is treated with alcoholic KCN. (ii). Ethyl chloride is treated with alcoholic KOH. (iii). Chloroform is heated with Ag powder.

Asertion (A) : Vinyl chloride can be differentied from ethyl chloride by alcoholic AgNO_(3) solution. Reason (R ) : Chlorine atom in ethyl chloride is inert while it is labile in vinyl chloride.