1. Tardigrade
  2. Question
  3. Chemistry
  4. The compound which is NOT formed when a mixture of n-butyl bromide and ethyl bromide treated with sodium metal in presence of dry ether is

Question Error Report

Thank you for reporting, we will resolve it shortly

Back to Question

Q. The compound which is NOT formed when a mixture of $n$-butyl bromide and ethyl bromide treated with sodium metal in presence of dry ether is

MHT CETMHT CET 2016

Solution:

When a mixture of $n$ -butyl bromide and ethyl bromide is treated with sodium metal in the presence of dry ether, then ethane cannot be formed because reaction follows Wurtz-Fittig reaction. It is a type of coupling reaction.

$CH _{3} CH _{2} CH _{2} CH _{2} Br + CH _{3} CH _{2} Br +2 Na \ce{ ->[{Dry}][{ether}] }$

$\underset{\text{Octane}}{C _{4} H _{9}- C _{4}} H _{9}+ \underset{\text{Hexane}}{C _{4} H _{9}- C _{2}} H _{5}+ \underset{\text{Butane}}{C _{2} H _{5}- C _{2}} H _{5}$