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Tert-Butyl bromide is treated with sodium metal in dry ether.

Answer» Tertiary alkyl halides do not undergo Wurtz reaction bu instead undergo derhydrohalogeN/Ation to yield alkenes . Thus.
`CH_(3) -overset(CH_(3))overset(|)underset(CH_(3))underset(|)(C)-Br overset(" N/A, ether ")underset(Delta)(to) underset(("Isobutylene"))underset(2-"Methylpropene")(CH_(3)-overset(CH_(3))overset(|)(C)=CH_(3))+ HBr`


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