Identify the major product formed when 2-Methylhexan-3-ol is heated with concentrated sulphuric acid.

Identify the major product formed when 2-Methylhexan-3-ol is heated with concentrated sulphuric acid.

1. (A)
2. (B)
3. (C)
4. (D)

Solution

The reaction gives more substituted alkene as a major product, in accordance with Saytzeff rule.

Asked in: MHT CET 2024 (09 May Shift 2)

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