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What happens when ethyl chloride is treated with aqueous KOH?

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Ethyl alcohol is formed.
`underset("Ethyl chloride")(CH_(3)CH_(2)Cl+KOH_((aq))) overset(Delta)to underset("Ethyl alcohol")(CH_(3)CH_(2)OH)`
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