Multiple choice

Assertion: 1-Butenol on dehydration with conc. H2SO4 mainly produces 1-butene. Reason: The initially formed primary carbocation rearranges to more stable secondary carbocation before losing a proton to form 2-butene as the major product.

  1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

  2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

  3. A is true but R is false.

  4. A is false but R is true.

  5. Both A and R are false.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

This option is correct because 1-butenol on dehydration with conc. H2SO4 mainly produces 2-butene as the major product.

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