Question

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.

Options

• Assertion and reason both are correct and reason is correct explanation of assertion.

• Assertion and reason both are wrong statements.

• Assertion is correct but reason is wrong statement.

• Assertion is wrong but reason is correct statement.

Answer 1

Assertion and reason both are correct and reason is correct explanation of assertion.

Explanation:

\[\begin{array}{cc}
\phantom{....}\ce{CH3}\phantom{..................}\ce{CH3}\phantom{....................}\ce{CH3}\phantom{..}\ce{CH3}\phantom{...........}\\
|\phantom{......................}|\phantom{........................}|\phantom{....}|\phantom{..........}\\
\phantom{}\ce{CH3 - C - Br + 2Na + Br - C - CH3 ->[Dry ether] CH3 - C - C - CH3 + 2NaBr}\\
|\phantom{......................}|\phantom{........................}|\phantom{....}|\phantom{..........}\\
\phantom{.......}\ce{CH3}\phantom{..................}\ce{CH3}\phantom{...............}\ce{\underset{2,2,3,3-Tetramethyibutane}{\phantom{..}CH3\phantom{..}CH3}}\phantom{.........}\\
\end{array}\]