if bromoethane is heated under reflux with aqueous sodium hydroxide it undergoes hydrolysis.?

Question

does anyone know
1) the equation for this hydrolysis reaction
i have an equation but need conformation
2) what type of reaction this is?
3) Draw out the mechanism for the 2nd order reaction between bromomethane and hydroxide ions.

Thanks for all your help ppl.

Answer 1

CH3CH2Br + OH- -----> CH3CH2OH + Br-

The reaction is nucleophilic substitution, and any text book will show you that the main part of the mechanism is attack by an oxygen lone pair of OH- on the C atom containing the -Br.

Answer 2

1) Br-CH2-CH3 + NaOH -------> HO-CH2-CH3 + NaBr
2) Substitution
3) Its hard to draw, but since OH- is nucleophilic, it wants to replace the halogen (Br in this case). Br is the leaving group which then bonds with Na to for NaBr.

Answer 3

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