Answer to Question #93997 in General Chemistry for UduakObong Nicholas Luke

Question

Consider compound A = 2 chloro 2 methyl butane, B = 2 chloro butane, C = chloro propane. (i) which of the compound will readily undergo dehydrochlorination

Answer 1

In general, the ease of dehydrohalogenation follows the order :

$tertiary > secondary > primary$

So, Compound A= 2-chloro 2-methyl butane will readily undergo dehydrochlorination because it has tertiary carbon compound