JEE Main Chemistry question

An organic compound C₅H₁₁X, on dehydrohalogenation, gives pentene-2 only. What is the halide?

Answer: (A)

Solution

3-Halopentane (CH₃CH₂–CHX–CH₂CH₃) is symmetric about C3; elimination toward either adjacent carbon gives

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