JEE Main Chemistry question

When vinyl chloride is passed through alcoholic KOH solution:

(A)It dissolves
(B)It forms vinyl alcohol
(C)It forms acetyleneCorrect
(D)It has no action

Answer: (C)

Solution

Alcoholic KOH promotes dehydrohalogenation (E2 elimination). Vinyl chloride, , loses under these conditions to form the triple bond: CH_2=CHCl \xrightarrow[-HCl]{alc.\,KOH} HC\equiv CH. (Simple

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