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Q. 1-propoxypropane is formed by a saturated alkyl halide ( $C_{3}H_{7}X$ ) when heated with dry silver oxide ( $Ag_{2}O$ ). How many number of moles of alkyl halide are consumed per mole during formation of 1-prpoxypropane?

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Solution:

$2C_{2}H_{5}-CH_{2}Cl+Ag_{2}O\xrightarrow{\Delta} C_{2}H_{5}-CH_{2}-O-CH_{2}-C_{2}H_{5}+2AgCln$ $-PropylchlorideDryI-Propoxypropane(1-ChloropropaneP)silveroxide