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To convert bromoethane mainly into ethene, the best conditions are

Aalcoholic $KOH$ , heat
Baqueous $KOH$ , warm
C $NaI$ in acetone
Ddilute $HCl$ , room temperature

Answer: A

Alcoholic

KOH

gives the strongly basic ethoxide and favours dehydrohalogenation to ethene. Aqueous

KOH

favours substitution to ethanol.

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