NEET levelSingle correct optionDifficulty 1 of 3hx021
2-Bromopropane on heating with alcoholic KOH gives mainly
Apropene
Bpropyne
Cpropan-2-ol
Dpropan-1-ol
Answer: A
Alcoholic KOH contains the strongly basic ethoxide, which causes dehydrohalogenation: CHX3CHBrCHX3CHX3CH=CHX2+HBr. Propan-2-ol is the product with aqueous KOH.