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Chapter 10: Q18P (page 472)

Explain why the following alcohols, when heated with acid, form the same alkene.

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Here we have to find outwhy the following alcohols, when heated with acid, form the same alkene:

Both alcohols formed the same carbocation so they both form the same alkenes.

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Final answer

Both alcohols formed the same carbocation so they both form the same alkenes.

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