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THOTC alcoholsether formation and elimination (alkene formation). In both reactions you are looking for the components o
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- Thotc Alcoholsether Formation And Elimination Alkene Formation In Both Reactions You Are Looking For The Components O 1 (63.95 KiB) Viewed 42 times
THOTC alcoholsether formation and elimination (alkene formation). In both reactions you are looking for the components of water (OH and H) that will be removed in the reaction. Ether Formation - Two alcohols will form an ether link by loss of water forming an ether product with an acidic catalyst (typically H₂SO4) at 140°C. Н Н Η Η H₂SO4 -H -H + H₂O HellH|4 140 C Н One alcohol loses the hydroxyl group and one loses the H from its hydroxyl group. There are ways of predicting which will lose which, but that is not important now. Ethers can be formed from two molecules of the same alcohol or two different alcohols. When you have two different alcohols you usually get a mixture of the possible ethers. How many possibilities would there be?