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Ethyl bromide reacts with lead-sodium alloy to form

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a

Both (A) and (B) 

b

Tetramethyl bromide 

c

Tetraethyl lead

d

None of these

answer is A.

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The reaction, when ethyl bromide reacts with lead-sodium alloy to form Tetraethyl lead. 

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TEL, or tetraethyllead, is an organ lead chemical. It is a fuel additive that was initially blended with gasoline in the 1920s as a patented octane rating booster that allowed engine compression to be significantly increased.
Bromoethane, often known as ethyl bromide, is a haloalkanes chemical compound. Chemists refer to it as EtBr. The odor of this volatile chemical is similar to that of ether.

Hence, the correct answer is option (A) Tetraethyl lead

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