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Alkyl iodides are prepared from alkyl chlorides or bromides by which reaction?
ASandmeyer reaction
BFinkelstein reaction
CWurtz reaction
DSwarts reaction
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Finkelstein reaction
Heating a chloride or bromide with NaI in dry acetone exchanges the halogen, and this is the Finkelstein reaction.
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