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Butan-2-yl trimethylammonium hydroxide, , is heated. The major alkene is:

  1. Abut-2-ene
  2. B2-methylpropene
  3. Cbut-1-ene
  4. Dbutan-2-ol

Answer: C

Hofmann elimination of quaternary ammonium hydroxides removes the most accessible, most acidic beta-hydrogen (from the methyl group), giving the less substituted alkene but-1-ene with trimethylamine. This is opposite to Saytzeff orientation.
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