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Re: Dehydration of tertiary alcohol?
« Reply #15 on: November 16, 2010, 01:27:30 PM »
Wouldn't 4-methylcyclohexanol give a single alkene product?

True, but it is no longer a tertiary alcohol then.

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Re: Dehydration of tertiary alcohol?
« Reply #16 on: November 16, 2010, 10:07:39 PM »
Is it possible to obtain a single product from the dehydration of an alcohol, or will there always be secondary products?

Given the formula C7H14O, are there any other isomers that could yield a single alkene product?
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