Consider a secondary and a tertiary carbon. During bromination, which carbon will the bromine radical prefer to abstract a hydrogen from?

• A. The secondary carbon, due to the formation of a less stable radical.
• B. Both equally, as bromination is non-selective.
• C. Neither, as bromination does not involve hydrogen abstraction.
• D. The tertiary carbon, due to the formation of a more stable radical.

Answer: (D)