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KCET · Chemistry · Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

Ethyl benzene cannot be prepared by

  1. A Wurtz reaction
  2. B Wurtz-Fittig reaction
  3. C Friedel-Craft's reaction
  4. D Clemmensen reduction
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(A) Wurtz reaction

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Ethyl benzene cannot be prepared by Wurtz reaction. In Wurtz reaction haloalkanes are converted to aliphatic saturated higher hydrocarbons.