Overview:
The general form of alcohol dehydrations is as follows:
The first step involves the protonation of the alcohol by an acid, followed by loss of water to give a carbocation.
Elimination occurs when the acid conjugate base plucks off a hydrogen. Alcohol dehydrations generally go by the E1 mechanism.
Example of alcohol dehydration:
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Alcohol dehydration
Posted by Organic Chemistry at 12:17 PM
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