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The neopentyl halide in ethanol yields alkenes by $E1$ mechanism due to

low concentration of solvent

absence of base

it is a primary halide

steric factor which prevents E2 mechanism

Answer

steric factor which prevents E2 mechanism

Explanation

Solution

$E 1$ mechanism readily occur in $3^{\circ}$ carbocation. Presence of higher alkyl groups in alkyl halide also favours $E 1$ mechanism.

The neopentyl halide in ethanol yields alkenes by $E 1$ mechanism due to steric factor which prevents E2 mechanism. In $E 1$ mechanism, Heterolytic dissociation of alkyl halide followed by abstraction of proton by base from a $C$ adjacent to the positively
charged $C$ atom $(\beta-C$ atom $)$ , takes place as follows:

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