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2-Bromopropane is heated with alcoholic . The major product is

  1. Apropan-1-ol
  2. Bpropyne
  3. Cpropan-2-ol
  4. Dpropene

Answer: D

Alcoholic supplies the strong base / in a poorly solvating medium, favouring E2 elimination (dehydrohalogenation). Loss of from 2-bromopropane gives propene.
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