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Alcoholic Sodium Hydroxide

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Alcoholic NaOH promotes elimination (E2) reactions, forming alkenes, whereas aqueous NaOH promotes nucleophilic substitution (SN2).
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Ethyl bromide undergoes dehydrohalogenation in the presence of alcoholic sodium hydroxide (\(\text{NaOH}\)), leading to the formation of ethene. \[ \text{C}_2\text{H}_5\text{Br} + \text{alc. NaOH} \rightarrow \text{C}_2\text{H}_4 + \text{HBr} \]
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