Introduction to General, Organic and Biochemistry
Introduction to General, Organic and Biochemistry
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ISBN: 9781285869759
Author: Frederick A. Bettelheim, William H. Brown, Mary K. Campbell, Shawn O. Farrell, Omar Torres
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 14, Problem 14.71P

14-71 The mechanism of the acid-catalyzed dehydration of an alcohol to an alkene is the reverse of the acid- catalyzed hydration of an alkene. The dehydration mechanism occurs by the following three steps.

Step 1: Add a proton.

Step 2: Break a bond to form stable molecules or ions. Step 3: Take away a proton.

These three steps are illustrated here by the dehydration of 2-butanol to give 2-butene. Use curved arrows to show the flow of electrons in each step; that is, show how each bond-making or bond-breaking step occurs.

Chapter 14, Problem 14.71P, 14-71 The mechanism of the acid-catalyzed dehydration of an alcohol to an alkene is the reverse of

H

I +

Step 3: CH3—CH—CH—CH3

CH3—CH=CH—CH3 + H +

2-butene

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