Some Basic Principles Of Organic Chemistry Question 256
Question: Dehydrohalogenation of an alkyl halide is a/an [MH CET 2004]
Options:
A) Nucleophilic substitution reaction
B) Elimination reaction
C) Both nucleophilic substitution and elimination reaction
D) Rearrangement
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Answer:
Correct Answer: B
Solution:
Dehydrohalogenation of an alkyl halide on presence of alcoholic potash is an example of elimination reaction.
$ R-CH_2CH_2-Cl+\underset{alc\text{.}}{\mathop{KOH}},\xrightarrow{\Delta } $ $ RCH=CH_2+KCl+H_2O $
