JEE Main Chemistry question

The product of the reaction between alcoholic silver nitrite and ethyl bromide is

(A)Ethene
(B)Ethane
(C)Ethyl nitrite
(D)NitroethaneCorrect

Answer: (D)

Solution

Silver nitrite is predominantly covalent and presents the oxygen end of the ambidentate nitrite ion for attack in alcoholic solution with the more hindered/ionic pathway disfavoured, but with ethyl bromide the characteristic reaction of (alcoholic) gives the C-nitro compound as the

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