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Q. Dehydrohalogenation of an alkyl halide is a/an

Organic Chemistry – Some Basic Principles and Techniques

Solution:

Dehydrohalogenation of an alkyl halide on presence of alcoholic potash is an example of elimination reaction.
$R - CH _{2} CH _{2}- Cl +\underset{\text { alc. }}{ KOH} \xrightarrow{\Delta} RCH = CH _{2}+ KCl + H _{2} O$