CH CD CH CHCD3 CH CD C CHCD CD CD CH CHCH3 CH CD CHCH2CD3 SOLID STATE The major product obtained when this substrate is subjected to E1 reaction will be (a) (b) (c)

E1 elimination reaction proceeds via carbocation intermediate. It is a two-step mechanism. The carbocation is formed by the removal of the existing halide atom. In the next step, base abstracts a proton. The proton abstraction results in a double bond. It is similar to the SN1 reaction. But it is an elimination reaction. In the first step, bromine takes its pair of electrons and generates a carbocation at the carbon. In the next step, the hydrogen is abstracted from the beta-position. There is two beta position. Thus, the abstraction of the proton would result in two products. The carbocation