Asked in ETEA MDCAT 2017 2017Moderate

KOH (alcoholic) + CH3 (CH3) 2 CH2Br (1), The reactants in the condition given will undergo:

Correct answer: B. Elimination reaction

  • A. Nucleophilic substitution reaction
  • B. Elimination reaction
  • C. Nucleophilic addition
  • D. None of the above

Explanation

It should be noted that whenever the reagent is alcoholic / ethanolic KOH or NaOH, the reaction that follows is elimination

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