Primary Alcohol An E2 Reaction

Acid catalyst (typically sulfuric or phosphoric acid) [Pg.302]

The alcohol accepts a proton from the acid in a fast step. [Pg.302]

A base removes a hydrogen from the p carbon as the double bond forms and the protonated hydroxyl group departs. (The base may be another molecule of the alcohol or the conjugate base of the acid.) [Pg.303]

With an understanding of carbocation stability and its effect on transition states, we can now proceed to explain the rearrangements of carbon skeletons that occur in some alcohol dehydrations. [Pg.303]

Consider again the rearrangement that occurs when 3,3-dimethyl-2-butanol is dehydrated [Pg.303]

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