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29 August, 02:35

Dehydration of a secondary alcohol occurs readily in the presence of a strong acid and proceeds via an e1 mechanism. what does e1 stand for?

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  1. 29 August, 05:44
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    E1 stands for a Unimolecular Elimination.

    E1 reaction results in the formation of a double bond. This is unimplecular reaction because rate determining slow step is the dissociation of the leaving group and formation of carbocation.

    There is two steps in E1 mechanism:

    1) group leaves to form a carbocation intermediate.

    2) base deprotonates a beta carbon to form π bond.
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