NEETChemistryHaloalkanes and HaloarenesMCQ+4 / −1
Elimination reaction of 2-Bromo-pentane to form pent-2-ene is :
(A) -Elimination reaction
(B) Follows Zaitsev rule
(C) Dehydrohalogenation reaction
(D) Dehydration reaction
(A) -Elimination reaction
(B) Follows Zaitsev rule
(C) Dehydrohalogenation reaction
(D) Dehydration reaction
- A(A), (C), (D)
- B(B), (C), (D)
- C(A), (B), (D)
- D(A), (B), (C)
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Correct answer: D

Since -hydrogen is abstracted it is -elimination.
Since more substituted alkene is formed (stable and major product), it follows Zaitsev's rule or Saytzev's rule.
Since H and Br are removed, it is dehydrohalogenation.
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