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ChemistryAlcohols, Phenols and EthersJEE Main

What is the total number of products obtained (including minor products and stereoisomers) in the following three separate acid-catalysed dehydration reactions of branched secondary/tertiary alcohols: (i) a branched pentan-2-ol-type alcohol heated with ; (ii) a branched hexan-2-ol-type alcohol heated with ; (iii) a symmetric branched alcohol heated with ?

Answer: 8

Solution

Reaction (i) gives three alkenes (a terminal alkene plus the cis and trans internal alkenes); reaction (ii) likewise gives three alkenes (terminal, cis, and trans); reaction (iii),

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