JEE Main Chemistry question

A mixture of 1-chloropropane and 2-chloropropane, when treated with alcoholic KOH, gives:

(A)1-propene (propene)Correct
(B)2-propene
(C)Isopropylene
(D)A mixture of 1-propene and 2-propene

Answer: (A)

Solution

Propene, , is the only possible alkene obtainable from a three-carbon chain (there is no distinct "2-propene" isomer of propene). Dehydrohalogenation of 1-chloropropane removes HCl from C-1/C-2, and dehydrohalogenation of

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Question ID VK-148335