Explain with example dehalogenation of vicinal dihalide.

1.	Explain with example dehalogenation of vicinal dihalide.
Answer» Solution :Vicinal dihalide means carbon having dihalides in which two halogen ATOMS are attached to two adjacent carbon atoms are known as vicinal dihalides. DEHALOGENATION : Vicinal dihalides on treatement with zinc metal LOSE a molecule of `ZnX_(2)` to form an alkene. This reaction is known as dehalogenation. e.g., : `CH_(2)BrCHBrCH_(3)` Example :

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