MHT CET 2025 Chemistry question

Identify the name of reaction for aryl halide with alkyl halide and sodium metal in dry ether to give substituted aromatic compounds.

(A)Wurtz reaction
(B)Wurtz-Fittig reactionCorrect
(C)Fittig reaction
(D)Finkelstein reaction

Answer: (B)

Solution

When an aryl halide and an alkyl halide are heated with sodium metal in dry ether, the two different halides couple to give an alkyl-substituted arene, e.g. C_6H_5Br + CH_3Br + 2Na \xrightarrow{dry ether} C_6H_5CH_3 + 2NaBr. This is the Wurtz-Fittig

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