CAPE Chemistry Unit 2 · 2012 · Paper 1 · Question Q8
Ethanol can be formed by the following reaction
\text{C}_2\text{H}_5\text{I} + \text{NaOH} \rightarrow \text{C}_2\text{H}_5\text{OH} + \text{NaI}
The mechanism used is
- (A)electrophilic addition
- (B)nucleophilic addition
- (C)electrophilic substitution
- (D)nucleophilic substitution
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