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If 2-fluoropentane were to undergo an E1 reaction, would

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If 2-fluoropentane were to undergo an E1 reaction, would you expect the major product to be the more stable alkene or the less stable alkene? Explain your answer.

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Problem 6P

If 2-fluoropentane were to undergo an E1 reaction, would you expect the major product to be the more stable alkene or the less stable alkene? Explain your answer.

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Alkyl fluorides undergo elimination reaction to form less substituted product.

2-fluoropentane undergoes  elimination reaction in presence of methanol, to form least stable pent-1-ene.

The reaction is as follows:

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