Practice mode Chemistry of Hydrocarbons

Heating bromoethane with alcoholic KOH to form ethene is an example of ____.

Correct answer B. dehydrohalogenation

Explanation

Alcoholic KOH removes H and Br from adjacent carbons, an elimination called dehydrohalogenation, forming the C=C bond of ethene. It is a β-elimination reaction.

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