JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryHaloalkanes and HaloarenesJEE Main

How many primary carbon atoms are present in the product formed when a methyl-substituted bromocyclohexane undergoes elimination with alcoholic KOH?

Answer: 6

Solution

In a cyclic elimination product, a ring carbon (bonded to two other ring carbons) is never classified as "primary"; only an exocyclic terminal alkyl branch (a

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