An alkyl bromide (X) reacts with sodium in ether to form 4,5-diethyloctane, the compound 'X' is

An alkyl bromide (X) reacts with sodium in ether to form 4,5-diethyloc

1.	An alkyl bromide (X) reacts with sodium in ether to form 4,5-diethyloctane, the compound 'X' is
Answer» `CH_3(CH_2)_3 Br` `CH_3(CH_2)Br` `CH_3(CH_2)_3CH(Br)CH_3` `CH_3-(CH_2)_2-CH(Br)-CH_2CH_3` Solution :`2CH_3-(CH_2)_2-oversetoverset(""CH_2CH_3)\|CH-Br+2Na UNDERSET"(WURTZ reaction)"OVERSET"Dry ether"tounderset"4,5-Diethyloctane"(overset1CH_3-overset"2-3"((CH_2))_2-oversetoverset(""CH_3CH_2)\|underset4" CH"-oversetoverset("" CH_2CH_3)\|underset5" CH"-overset"6-7"(("" CH_2)_2)-overset8CH_3-2NaBr)` Thus , option (d) is CORRECT.