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Dehydrohalogenation for Alkenes

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Dehydrohalogenation of alkyl halides leads to the formation of .

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alcohols

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alkenes

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alkanes

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Solution

The correct option is B alkenes
Dehydrohalogenation is $β -$ elimination reaction.
Here, hydrogen is removed from the $β$ - carbon along with removal of halogen from
$α$ - carbon. A bond is formed between these two carbon atoms. Thus, an alkene is formed. For example -

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