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Compound A has a molecular formula C5H12, and monobromination of compound A produces only compound B. when compound B is treated with a. strong base, a mixture is obtained containing compound c and compound D. Provide the structures of compound a, b, c, and d.

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Compound A has one alkyl chain and one double bond because any other combinations of functional groups or multiple double bonds would either lead to multiple possible bromination products or a lower ratio of hydrogen atoms to carbon atoms.

compound C arises from the monobromination of Compound A, it will have the same carbon skeleton and double bond location as Compound A, but with a bromine atom replacing a hydrogen atom somewhere on the molecule. The specific location of the bromine depends on the exact structure of Compound A.

When Compound B reacts with a strong base, a mixture of two products (C and D) is formed. This suggests that Compound B can undergo two separate elimination reactions depending on where the proton abstraction occurs either from the carbon next to the double bond or the carbon next to the bromine.

Compound A has a molecular formula C5H12, and monobromination of compound A produces-example-1
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