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1-Bromopropane is treated with in acetone. The major product is

  1. Apropene
  2. B1-iodopropane
  3. Cpropan-1-ol
  4. D2-iodopropane

Answer: B

Iodide is a good nucleophile and a very weak base, and acetone is a polar aprotic solvent. A primary halide therefore reacts by SN2 (Finkelstein reaction) giving 1-iodopropane.
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