Answer to Question #129268 in Organic Chemistry for Hardy

Question #129268
Predict the major products of acid-catalyzed dehydration of the following alcohols.
(a) butan-2-ol
(b) 1-methylcyclohexanol
(c) 2-methylcyclopentanol
(d) 2-methylpropan-1-ol
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Expert's answer
2020-08-14T07:27:30-0400

Use Zaitsev rule to predict major anf minor products of dehydration.

Zaitsev rule states that the more highly substituted alkene is the mole likely product of an elimination reaction.


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