MHT CET 2025 Chemistry question

Which of the following alkenes is most easily formed by dehydrohalogenation of alkyl halides?

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)Correct

Answer: (D)

Solution

Dehydrohalogenation follows Saytzeff's rule: the major alkene is the more highly substituted, and hence more stable, alkene, because hyperconjugation with more alkyl groups lowers its energy and the transition

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