Ethyl bromide can be convertd into ethyl alcohol by

Options

A. Heating with dilute hydrochloric acid and zinc
B. Boiling with an alcoholic solution of KOH
C. The action of moist silver oxide
D. Refluxing methanol

Answer

C

Explanation

`underset("Silver oxide")(Ag_2O)+underset("Moisture")(H_2O)rarr underset("Silver hydroxide")(2AgOH)`
`underset("Ethyl bromide")(C_2H_5Br)+AgOH rarr underset("Ethyl alcohol")(C_2H_5OH)+AgBr`.