Question

0. Organic chemistry

   Dehydration of an alcohol

   Pre-lab Questions

   1. Write the complete mechanism for the dehydration of 2-methylcyclohexanol showing the formation of two possible alkene products. Predict the major alkene product.

   2. What is the purpose of adding aqueous NaOH to the distillate?

   3. A student dehydrated 10.0 g of 2-methylcyclohexanol with 85% H3PO4 and obtained 6.50

      g of products.

   1. (a) What is the limiting reagent and catalyst in this reaction?

   2. (b) Calculate the theoretical yield and percent yield of the rection.

Answer 1