MHT CET 2024 Chemistry question

Identify the number of moles of ethene obtained when n moles of N,N,N-triethylpropylammonium iodide is treated with moist and then heated.

(A)nCorrect
(B)2n
(C)3n
(D)4n

Answer: (A)

Solution

Moist (i.e. AgOH) converts the quaternary ammonium iodide into the quaternary ammonium hydroxide, . On heating (Hofmann elimination) the base removes a -hydrogen from the least

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