3.3.5.3 Elimination Flashcards by Isabel Muffins | Brainscape

Q

How do you convert alcohols into alkenes?

A

Through a dehydration / elimination reaction
Alcohol = Alkene + Water
Requires: either passing the vapours over heated aluminium oxide or add the alcohol to excess hot sulfuric acid

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What do you do if, during the dehydration of alcohols, the dounle bond can form in two places?

A

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Draw the reaction plus mechanisms for the dehydration of alcohols (primary)

A

Elimination reaction

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What are the conditions for the dehydration reaction of alcohols?

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Either excess hot concentrated sulfuric acid

Or passing the vapours over heated aluminium oxide

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