Question

Is the hydroxylation of ethylene is an elimination reaction?

Answer 1

In most organic elimination reactions, at least one hydrogen is lost to form the double bond: the unsaturation of the molecule increases. ... An important class of elimination reactions is those involving alkyl halides, with good leaving groups, reacting with a Lewis base to form an alkene.

Answer 2

This process of removal of a molecule of halogen halide from a haloalkane to form an alkene is called dehydrohalogenation. Dehydrohalogenation is an example of an elimination reaction. In thisreaction a hydrogen is removed from a β-carbon and halogen from the α-carbon ,therefore, it is called β-elimination reaction