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ChemistryOrganic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and TechniquesMHT CET

Intermediate product formed in the acid catalysed dehydration of -propyl alcohol is :

Answer: (C)

Solution

Protonated n-propyl alcohol loses water; the unstable primary cation undergoes a 1,2-hydride shift to the more stable secondary carbocation CH3–CH⁺–CH3, which then loses

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