6-31-b - Organic Chemistry (Mcmurry)

Question

Identify the following reactions as additions, eliminations, substitutions, or rearrangements:

a. 

b. 

c. 

d. 

Step-by-Step Solution

Answer

b. 

Elimination reaction

Elimination reaction

It is an organic chemical reaction in which any two substituents are removed from the molecule in either a single step or a two-step process.

Classification of reaction

The given reaction is represented as follows:

This reaction is eliminated since a water molecule is eliminated from cyclohexanol.