QuestionAlkenes / halohydrin and dehydration
The major product formed in the following reaction sequence is


- (a) Bicyclic allylic bromide with Br on the quaternary C2 and C=C at C3–C4
- (b) 3-Bromo-α-pinene (Br on C3 of the endocyclic C2=C3 double bond, Me on C2)
- (c) 3-Bromo-β-pinene (Br on C3, exocyclic C=CH₂ at C2)
- (d) Bromo-alkene with Br on C3 of a C3=C4 double bond, Me on sp³ C2
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