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18: What is the main product of dehydration of 3-ethyl-3-methyl -2-butanol? Illustrate with

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Dehydration of 2-methyl-2-butanol (also called tert-amyl alcohol) When secondary and tertiary alcohols are heated with an acid they readily lose a molecule of water to form an alkene; such reactions are called dehydrations and follow the E1 mechanism, as shown below for the dehydration of 2-methyl-2-propanol (also ...

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