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What is the main product when an alcohol undergoes dehydration?
What is the main product when an alcohol undergoes dehydration?
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What is the main product when an alcohol undergoes dehydration?
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Dehydration of an alcohol typically produces an alkene.
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Dehydration of an alcohol typically produces an alkene.
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Step 1: Understand what dehydration means. Dehydration is the process of removing water (H2O) from a substance.
Step 2: Identify what an alcohol is. An alcohol is a type of organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group (-OH).
Step 3: Know that when an alcohol undergoes dehydration, it loses a water molecule.
Step 4: Recognize that the removal of water from the alcohol leads to the formation of a double bond between carbon atoms.
Step 5: Conclude that the main product of this reaction is an alkene, which is a type of hydrocarbon with at least one double bond.
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