MHT CET202015 Oct 2020Evening ShiftChemistryAminesActual
Which of the following reagents is used in Hoffmann elimination reaction of amines
Options
- ANaNO ₂+ HCl
- BCH ₃ COCl
- CAg ₂ O / H ₂ O ,
- DCHCl ₃+ KOH
Correct answer
C. Ag ₂ O / H ₂ O ,
Step-by-step solution
When tetraalkylammonium halide is heated with moist silver oxide, it gives quaternary ammonium hydroxide which on strong heating undergoes -elimination to give alkenes; the reaction is called Hoffmann elimination. In this reaction the major product is least substituted alkene. e.g.