In the elimination of a vicinal dihalide to yield aninternal alkyne, two equivalents of NaNH, arerequired-one for each equivalent of HX that iseliminated. When the product is a terminal alkyne,however, three equivalents of NANH2 are required.Explain why.Br2 equiv NaNH,BrBr-Br1. 3 equiv NaNH22. Hао

The hydrogen atom bonded to triple bonded carbon atom in alkyne is acidic hydrogen and can be…

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