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What happens when ethyl alcohol is treated with HI and red phosphorous ?

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Ethyl alcohol is reduced to ethane when treated with HI and red phosphorous.
`C_2H_5OH + 2HI overset("red P")(to) C_2H_6+I_2+ H_2O`
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