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Problem 333

Problem # 333

Let's go over how a carbocation can form from an alcohol.

Write in the curved arrows to show the formation of the protonated alcohol, and water acting as a leaving group to form a carbocation.

Problem Details

MendelSet practice problem # 333 submitted by Matt on June 7, 2011.

Subject: Organic Chemistry

Subject Topic(s): Carbocation Fundamentals (Stability, Rearrangement, SN1), Acid-Catalyzed Dehydration of Alcohols

Question Type: Mechanism (show a mechanism using curved arrows..)

Keyword(s): carbocation, carbocation formation