Question

Sodium ethoxide has reacted with ethanoyl chloride. The compound that is produced in this reaction is

• A. Diethyl ether
• B. 2-butanone
• C. ethyl chloride
• D. Ethyl ethanoate

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

${\text{C}}_2{\text{H}}_5\text{O}\text{N}\text{a}+\text{C}{\text{H}}_3\text{C}\text{O}\text{C}\text{l}\to \underset{\text{E}\text{t}\text{h}\text{y}\text{l}\text{e}\text{t}\text{h}\text{a}\text{n}\text{o}\text{a}\text{t}\text{e}}{\text{C}{\text{H}}_3\text{C}\text{O}\text{O}{\text{C}}_2{\text{H}}_5}+\text{N}\text{a}\text{C}\text{l}$