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CHM 102 Practice Questions Objective Question
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Ethylene is obtained from ethyl bromide by :
Options
A Simple heating
B Hydrolysis
C Dehydrohalogenation
Correct Answer
D Nucleophilic substitution
Correct Answer

Option C is the correct answer.

Detailed Explanation

Ethylene (ethene) is obtained from ethyl bromide by dehydrohalogenation (elimination of HBr) using a strong base like alcoholic KOH. The reaction is: CH3CH2Br + KOH(alc) → CH2=CH2 + KBr + H2O.

Hint

What type of reaction removes HX from an alkyl halide?

Question Info

Course: CHM 102
Topic: Practice Questions
Type: Objective
Difficulty: Not specified
Question 1095 of 1999
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