JEE Main Chemistry question

Which of the following alkanes can be easily sulphonated?

(A)-butane
(B)Isobutene (a typo for a branched alkane, e.g. isobutane, with an available tertiary C–H)Correct
(C)-pentane
(D)-hexane

Answer: (B)

Solution

Sulphonation (replacement of H by –SOH) of alkanes proceeds far more readily at a tertiary C–H than at primary/secondary positions, because the intermediate is better stabilised; a

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Question ID VK-142361