Question

Ethyl bromide is industrially prepared from

• A. ethyl alcohol $+ HBr$
• B. ethanol $+ Br_2$
• C. alcohol $+ HBr$
• D. none of these

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

ethyl alcohol $+ HBr$

Answer 2

Industrial preparation o f ethyl bromide - By refluxing the alcohol with constant boiling HBr $(48 \%)$ in presence o f little concentrated sulphuric acid $C_{2}H_{5}OH+HBr$ ${ ->[{H_{2}SO_{4} {\text(conc.)}}][{\text{reflux}}] } C_{2}H_{5}Br+H_{2}O$