VIT Engineering VIT Engineering Solved Paper-2014

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    Which of the following compounds cannot be prepared singly by the Wurtz reaction?

    A) \[{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{6}}\]

    B) \[{{\left( C{{H}_{3}} \right)}_{2}}CHC{{H}_{3}}\]

    C) \[C{{H}_{3}}C{{H}_{2}}C{{H}_{2}}C{{H}_{3}}\]

    D) All of the above can be prepared

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    If two different alkyl halides \[\frac{ev_{0}^{'}+\phi }{e{{v}_{0}}+\phi }=\frac{\lambda }{\lambda '}\] are used, a mixture of three alkanes is obtained which is difficult to separate.


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