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Grade 12th passOrganic Chemistry

Why in the presence of base, proton is abstracted from CH3 (1) not from CH3(2)

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8 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Ravleen Kaur
8 Years ago
Hello Student,

The presence of base abstracts the proton from CH3(1) not from CH3(2) because of steric hinderence. The base abstracts the proton from the least hindered side.

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Ravleen Kaur