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What happens when ethyl chloride is treated with aqueous KOH?

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Ethyl chloride being a primary alkyl halide undergoes bimolecular nucleophilic substitution `(S_(N)2)` reaction leading to the formation of ethanol
`C_(2)H_(5)Cl+KOH(aq)rarrC_(2)H_(5)OH+KCl`
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