Explain the dehydration reaction of secondary primary tertiary alcohols
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Mechanism for the Dehydration of Alcohol into Alkene
This ion acts as a very good leaving group which leaves to form a carbocation. The deprotonated acid (the base) then reacts with the hydrogen adjacent to the carbocation and form a double bond. ... Secondary and tertiary alcohols dehydrate through the E1 mechanism.
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