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Cyclohexene is treated with N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) in in the presence of light. The major organic product is

  1. A1,2-dibromocyclohexane
  2. B4-bromocyclohexene
  3. C3-bromocyclohexene
  4. Dbromocyclohexane

Answer: C

NBS supplies a very low concentration of , so addition to the double bond is suppressed. Bromine radical abstracts an allylic hydrogen to give the resonance-stabilised cyclohex-2-enyl radical, which then picks up Br. The product is 3-bromocyclohexene.
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