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  4. Neopentyl bromide undergoes dehydrohalogenation to give alkenes even though it has no β- hydrogen. This is due to

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Q. Neopentyl bromide undergoes dehydrohalogenation to give alkenes even though it has no $\beta$- hydrogen. This is due to

KEAMKEAM 2018Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

Solution:

Neopentyl bromide give a carbocation as intermediate which undergo for rearrangement and show $E_{1}$ mechanism (even has no $\beta- H$ atom $)$.