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19 November, 06:18

Neopentyl alcohol, (ch3) 3cch2oh, cannot be dehydrated to an alkene without rearrangement. what is the chief product of dehydration?

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  1. 19 November, 10:12
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    Dehydration is removal of water.

    In alcohols dehydration is α-β elimination or 1,2 elimination, it means the hydroxyl group will be removed from α-carbon while the hydrogen will be removed from near by carbon.

    In case of neopentyl alcohol there is no β hydrogen present on the β carbon [as shown in figure].

    The only possible way for it to undergo dehydration is by rearrangement.

    The process or mechanism can be understood as:

    so the chief product is 2-methylbut-2-ene
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