What is the major product for the following reaction?
E) None of the above

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What is the major product for the following reaction? 
E) None of the above

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The reactant is an alkene with two substituents on the same carbon, making it a disubstituted alkene. The reaction is a halogenation in which the alkene reacts with Br2 in CH2Cl2. Disubstituted alkenes prefer to add the halogen atom to the less substituted carbon, meaning that the bromine atom will add to the carbon with only one substituent. This will result in a product with a new bromine atom attached to that carbon, while the carbon with two substituents remains unchanged. Option C shows the correct positioning of the bromine atom on the less substituted carbon, making it the major product of the reaction.

What Is the Major Product for the Following Reaction