Which of the following will most readily give the dehydrohalogenation

1.	Which of the following will most readily give the dehydrohalogenation products ?
Answer» Solution :Bromobenzene (a) cannot undergo dehydrohalogenation since it will produce BENZYNE which is a HIGHLY unstable SPECIES. 1-Bromocyclohexene (B) cannot undergo dehalogenation since it will produce a triple bond in a small cyclohexane ring. Both options (c ) and (d) can undergo dehydrohalogenation. Thus, OPTION (c ) is correct.

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