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Sodium ethoxide has reacted with ethanoyl chloride. The compound that is produced in the above reaction is:

A $2 -Butanone$
B $Ethyl chloride$
C $Ethyl ethanoate$
D $Diethyl ether$

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This is a nucleophilic acyl substitution reaction. CH_{3} COCl + C_{2} H_{5} ONa \to CH_{3} COOC_{2} H_{5} + NaCl The product is Ethyl ethanoate (Ethyl acetate).

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Sodium ethoxide has reacted with ethanoyl chloride. The compound that is produced in the above reaction is:

A

2 -Butanone

B

Ethyl chloride

C

Ethyl ethanoate

D

Diethyl ether

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