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2, 3 dimethyl but-2-ene when reacted with bromine forms a compound which upon heating with alcoholic KOH produces the following major product:
(A)
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(B)
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(C)
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(D)
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Answer
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Hint: The addition of alcoholic KOH to an alkyl halide followed by heating the substance leads to the formation of an alkene and this takes place through an elimination reaction. The hydroxyl atom of the alcohol acts as a string base that helps in the extraction of a beta hydrogen atom from the alkyl halide.

Complete Stepwise Solution:
The reaction of 2, 2 dimethyl but-2-ene with bromine can be given as follows:
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In the first step, the bromine molecule adds onto the carbon atoms of the double bond to form 2,3 – dibromo, 2,3-dimethyl butane. The addition of the alcoholic potassium hydroxide solution follows next that results in the formation of the 2,3-dimethyl but-1, 3- dinene. This is from the attack of the hydroxyl group of alcoholic potassium hydroxide that attacks the beta-hydrogen atoms with respect to the bromine atoms and two beta-elimination reactions take place in the molecule leading to the formation of the diene.
Hence, the compound formed when 2, 3 dimethyl but-2-ene reacts with bromine forms a compound which upon heating with alcoholic KOH is 2,3-dimethyl but-1, 3- dinene, option B.

Note:
The bromination of the alkenes or the alkynes is a non-stereoselective reaction as the bromine molecule being non-polar, it adds onto the alkene or the alkyne non-selectively. Potassium hydroxide when dissolved in water and that aqueous solution is added to any alkene or alkyne then it behaves as a strong base that adds to the double bond and forms the alcohol from the alkene and alkynes.

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