Question

Which product(s) would be obtained by the dehydration of 2 heptanol and 2-methyl-1-cyclohexanol?

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

In dehydration reaction of alcohols, alcohols lose water to generate alkene proceeds by heating the alcohols in the presence of a strong acid, such as sulfuric or phosphoric acid (HX), at high temperatures. The most substituted alkene are formed preferentially

The products and mechanism are in the images.

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Answer 2

In the dehydration of alcohol, all you have to do is take out the oxygen from the -OH bond which reacts with the H+ ions from the acid to produce water.

So, for 2-heptanol, the products would be water and heptane. For 2-methyl-1-cyclohexanol, the products would be water and 2-methylcyclohexane.