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How will you bring about the following conversion?
Chlorobenzene to biphenyl.
Answer
Answer
AIEquation: $2\mathrm{C_{6}H_{5}Cl} + 2\mathrm{Na} \xrightarrow{\text{dry}\text{ }\text{ether}} \mathrm{C_{6}H_{5}-C_{6}H_{5}} + 2\mathrm{NaCl}$
Fittig reaction: chlorobenzene is heated with sodium metal in dry ether to give biphenyl.
From ISC 2020 Chemistry Paper 1, question 11(i).