MHT CET Chemistry question

2-bromopentane with alc. KOH yields a mixture of three alkenes. Which of the following alkene is predominant?

Answer: (C)

Solution

Dehydrohalogenation follows Saytzeff's rule: the more substituted alkene (pent-2-ene) predominates over pent-1-ene, and of the 2-ene isomers

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