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Q. Ethyl bromide is industrially prepared from

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Industrial preparation o f ethyl bromide - By refluxing the alcohol with constant boiling HBr $(48 \%)$ in presence o f little concentrated sulphuric acid
$C_{2}H_{5}OH+HBr$ $\ce{ ->[{H_{2}SO_{4} {\text(conc.)}}][{\text{reflux}}] } C_{2}H_{5}Br+H_{2}O$