JEE Main Chemistry question

One of the following that cannot undergo dehydrohalogenation is

(A)iso-propyl bromide
(B)ethanolCorrect
(C)ethyl bromide
(D)none of the above

Answer: (B)

Solution

Dehydrohalogenation is the elimination of a hydrogen and a halogen (as HX) from adjacent carbons of an alkyl halide, typically with alcoholic KOH, to form an alkene. Both iso-propyl bromide and ethyl bromide

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Question ID VK-148039