Which among the following is NOT obtained when bromobenzene treated with bromoethane and sodium in presence…
Which among the following is NOT obtained when bromobenzene treated with bromoethane and sodium in presence of dry ether?
n-butane
Diphenyl
Toluene
Ethylbenzene
Solution
This is an example of Wurtz Fittig reaction.
$\underset{\text { methyl bromide }}{\mathrm{CH}_3-\mathrm{Br}}+2 n \mathrm{na}+\underset{\text { methyl bromide }}{\mathrm{Br}-\mathrm{CH}_3} \xrightarrow{\text { Ether }} \mathrm{CH}_{\text {ethane }}^{\mathrm{H}_3-\mathrm{CH}_3}+2 \mathrm{NaBr}$
