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Which of the following is the major product of dehydration of 3, 3-dimethylbutan-2-o1 using H_(2)SO_(4) ?

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3, 3-Dimethyl but-1-ene
2, 3-Dimethyl but-1-ene
2, 3-Dimethyl but-2-ene
3-METHYL pent-2-ene

Solution :`H_(3)C - underset(CH_(3))underset(|)overset(CH_(3))overset(|)(C) - underset(OH)underset(|)(CH) - CH_(3) overset(H^(+))RARR underset("2, 3-Dimethylbut-2-en")(CH_(3) - overset(CH_(3))overset(|)(C) = underset(CH_(3))underset(|)(C)-`
The product is formed because of methyl shift.


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