MHT CET Chemistry question

Which of the following alkyl halides when subjected to dehydrohalogenation by the action of ethanolic KOH would yield as the major product?

Answer: (A)

Solution

2-Bromo-3-methylbutane loses HBr by Saytzeff's rule from the tertiary β-carbon to give the more substituted 2-methylbut-2-ene,

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