The products expected to be formedin the Wurtz reaction of a mixture of neopentyl bromide and isobutyl bromide are (i)2,2,4-trimethylpentane (ii)2,2,5,5-tetramethylhexane (iii)2,2,4,4-tetramethylhexane (iv)2,5-dimethyl hexane (v)2,2,5-trimethylhexane

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1.	The products expected to be formedin the Wurtz reaction of a mixture of neopentyl bromide and isobutyl bromide are (i)2,2,4-trimethylpentane (ii)2,2,5,5-tetramethylhexane (iii)2,2,4,4-tetramethylhexane (iv)2,5-dimethyl hexane (v)2,2,5-trimethylhexane
Answer» (ii),(iii) and (v) (ii), (iv) and (v) (i),(iv) and (v) (i) , (iii) and (v) Solution :`UNDERSET"Neopentyl bromide (A)"(CH_3-undersetunderset(CH_3)\|oversetoverset(CH_3)\|C-CH_2Br)+underset"Isobutyl bromide (B)"(BrCH_2-oversetoverset(CH_3)\|CH-CH_3)underset"(Wurtz REACTION)"overset("Na/dry ether,"Delta)to underset"(DIMERIZATION PRODUCT of A)"underset"2,2,5,5-Tetramethylhexane (ii)"(CH_3-undersetunderset(CH_3)\|oversetoverset(CH_3)\|(.^2C)-CH_2-CH_2-undersetunderset(CH_3)\|oversetoverset(CH_3)\|(.^5C)-CH_3)+underset"(Dimerization product of B)"underset"2,5-Dimethylhexane (iv)"(CH_3-oversetoverset(CH_3)\|(.^2CH)-CH_2-CH_2-oversetoverset(CH_3)\|(.^5CH)-CH_3)+underset"(CROSS product of A and B)"underset"2,2,5-Trimethylhexane (v)"(CH_3-undersetunderset(CH_3)\|oversetoverset(CH_3)\|(.^2C)-CH_2-CH_2-oversetoverset(CH_3)\|(.^5CH)-CH_3)`