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OH
H;PO4
H20
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Transcribed Image Text:OH H;PO4 H20 +
3. What could you do to a GENERAL dehydration reaction (not specific to just the reaction
above), to make sure that your yield of alkene is maximized? Explain why this would
work?
4. Provide a mechanistic explanation for the following dehydration reaction. In other words,
give the mechanism of the following transformation. A proper answer will show all
appropriate arrow pushing and intermediates.
H3O*
HO-
5. Why might a poor yield of cyclohexene be realized if the dehydration that you did was
carried out with HCl instead of H3PO4 as the acid catalyst?
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Transcribed Image Text:3. What could you do to a GENERAL dehydration reaction (not specific to just the reaction above), to make sure that your yield of alkene is maximized? Explain why this would work? 4. Provide a mechanistic explanation for the following dehydration reaction. In other words, give the mechanism of the following transformation. A proper answer will show all appropriate arrow pushing and intermediates. H3O* HO- 5. Why might a poor yield of cyclohexene be realized if the dehydration that you did was carried out with HCl instead of H3PO4 as the acid catalyst?
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