MCQ
Dehydrohalogenation of an alkyl halide is a/an
  • A
    Nucleophilic substitution reaction
  • Elimination reaction
  • C
    Both nucleophilic substitution and elimination reaction
  • D
    Rearrangement

Answer

Correct option: B.
Elimination reaction
b
(b)Dehydrohalogenation of an alkyl halide on presence of alcoholic potash is an example of elimination reaction.

$R - C{H_2}C{H_2} - Cl + \mathop {KOH}\limits_{{\text{alc}}{\text{.}}} \xrightarrow{\Delta }$
$RCH = C{H_2} + KCl + {H_2}O$

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