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Thursday, January 16, 2020

How can write dehydration mechanism of 1,2,3-Trihydroxymethylcyclopropane into Benzene in acidic medium?


Mechanism:
The dehydration of “1,2,3-Trihydroxymethylcyclopropane in acidic medium follow E1 elimination mechanism . After performing E1 thrice it was expecting that the major product is Benzene.The steps wise mechanism written through carbocation formation and simple dehydration is given as below.

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