Preparation of alkenes from tertiary alcohols

Preparation of alkenes from tertiary alcohols

Tertiary alcohols react with hot concentrated sulphuric or phosphoric acid to  give alkenes. The mechanism is described as E1 or elimination unimolecular because a water molecule is eliminated and the slowest step involve one molecule only.

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