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In a laboratory preparation, chlorine gas is bubbled through liquid benzene that contains a small amount of aluminium chloride. The mixture is warmed and chlorobenzene is produced. In a separate reaction, chloroethane is warmed with aqueous sodium hydroxide and ethanol is formed.
Compare the role of the aluminium chloride in the reaction with benzene with the reaction of chloroethane with aqueous sodium hydroxide. In your answer, name the type of reaction occurring in each case, and explain the difference in reactivity between the two chlorine-containing compounds.