Please solve this question.answer is 4th option.3 alkene. explain pls.how this possible?

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1 Answer
Jan 1, 2018

Would it not be three?

Explanation:

You gots....

H_3C-CH_2CH_2CH(OH)CH_3 stackrel(H^+)rarrC_5H_10+H_2O

So (i), you might have small quantities of the C1 olefin...

H_3C-CH_2CH_2CH=CH_2

And (ii), you might have the C2 olefin...

H_3C-CH_2CH=CH-CH_3...but E and Z isomers of this olefin are conceivable...so that is three isomers in total....