9. Alkenes and Alkynes
Dehydration Reaction
Problem 15
Textbook Question
Textbook QuestionA student was studying terpene synthesis, and she wanted to make the compound shown here. First she converted 3-bromo-6-methylcyclohexene to alcohol A. She heated alcohol A with sulfuric acid and purified one of the components (compound B) from the resulting mixture. Compound B has the correct molecular formula for the desired product. (c) Propose a mechanism for the dehydration of alcohol A to compound B.
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