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ChemistryHydrocarbonCHEMICAL REACTIONS OF ALKENESMedium2 minQB
ChemistryMediumsingle choice

These questions contains, Statement-I (assertion) and Statement-II (reason).

Statement-I : Addition of bromine to trans-2-butene yields meso-2,3-dibromobutane.

Because

Statement-II : Bromine addition to an alkene is an electrophilic addition.

Options:

Answer:
B
Solution:

Addition of bromine to alkene is anti addition which gives meso product on reaction with trans-2-butene.

Stream:JEESubject:ChemistryTopic:HydrocarbonSubtopic:CHEMICAL REACTIONS OF ALKENES
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