Question
How the following conversion can be carried out?
Chloroethane to butane.

Answer

$\text{CH}_3-\text{CH}_2-\text{Cl}\xrightarrow[(\text{Wurtz reaction})]{2\text{Na/dry ether}}\text{CH}_3-\text{CH}_2-\text{CH}_2-\text{CH}_3+2\text{NaCl}\\ \ \ \ \text{Chloroethane}\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \text{Butane}$

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