JEE Main Chemistry question

Among the following compounds, which can be dehydrated very easily? **[UP SEE 2007, Jamia Millia Islamia 2007]**

(A)CH_3CH_2CH_2CH_2CH_2OH (primary alcohol)
(B)CH_3CH_2CH_2CHCH_3 with (secondary alcohol)
(C)A tertiary alcohol with on a carbon bearing a -bearing chain and two methylsCorrect
(D)A ketone with a side bearing secondary carbon

Answer: (C)

Solution

Dehydration ease follows the order tertiary > secondary > primary alcohol, because the rate-determining carbocation intermediate is most stable for a tertiary carbon. Among the given compounds, the

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