When bromoethane is subjected to Wurtz reaction, the hydrocarbon mixture so obtained consist of

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Two mechanisms for Wurtz reaction are
(i) $C_{2} H_{5} B r + 2 N a \to C_{2} H_{5}^{-} N a^{+} + N a B r$
$C_{2} H_{5}^{-} N a^{+} + C_{2} H_{5} B r \to C_{2} H_{5} - C_{2} H_{5} + N a B r$
(ii) $C_{2} H_{5} B r + N a \to \overset{\cdot}{C_{2}} H_{5} + N a B r$
$\overset{\cdot}{C_{2}} H_{5} + \overset{\cdot}{C_{2}} H_{5} \to C_{2} H_{5} - C_{2} H_{5}$

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