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Assertion: tert-Butyl bromide undergoes Wurtz reaction to give 2,2,3,3-tetramethylbutane.
Reason: In Wurtz reaction, alkyl halides react with sodium in dry ether to give hydrocarbon containing double the number of carbon atoms present in the halide.
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Solution:
NCERT treats the Wurtz coupling of two tert-butyl units as producing the stated C₈ hydrocarbon; the definition explains that coupling.
Stream:JEESubject:ChemistryTopic:Halogen DerivativeSubtopic:FREE RADICAL SUBSTITUTION and Reaction
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