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ChemistryHaloalkanes and HaloarenesMHT CET

An alkane, is obtained as the only product on subjecting a primary alkyl halide to Wurtz reaction. On monobromination this alkane yields a single isomer of a tertiary bromide. The primary alkyl halide is

Answer: (B)

Solution

Wurtz coupling gives only if R is (so (c) and (d) are out); n-butyl halide gives n-octane, which has no tertiary H, whereas

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