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ChemistryHaloalkanes and HaloarenesJEE Main

3-Chloro-3-cyclopentylhexane, treated with alc. KOH, . The number of possible product(s) in the above reaction is .

Answer: 5

Solution

E1/E2 elimination of HCl from this tertiary halide can proceed in three constitutionally distinct directions (removing a -hydrogen from each of the three different alkyl branches at the quaternary-adjacent carbon), giving three constitutionally different alkenes. Of these

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