Question

Reaction of 2 bromo 2 methyl propane with metallic sodium

Answer 1

Which alkane is obtained by reaction of metallic sodium with 2 bromo 2 methyl propane?

I’m just guessing. Since you specifically mention metalic sodium, I will not dwell on how rare this stuff is…

I assume the Na will react with the Br and strip it off from the 2 bromo 2 methyl propane.

So you will be left with a double bond.

Perhaps you would get:

CH3−C−CH3

………….||

…………CH2

and H2 will be released also

If the result has to be an alkane, that would be butane, since you have 4 C’s. Unfortunately, we only have 9 H’s and not 10…