Organic Chemistry: Principles and Mechanisms (Second Edition)
Organic Chemistry: Principles and Mechanisms (Second Edition)
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ISBN: 9780393663556
Author: Joel Karty
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Chapter 14, Problem 14.64P
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Of the two compounds A and B, it is to be explained which one undergoes dehydration more quickly.

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Dehydration is the loss of a proton and a hydroxyl group from adjacent carbons to form a product with a double bond between these carbons.

If the substrates have similar structures, the rates of their dehydration depend primarily on the stabilities of the products.

The stability of a dehydration product depends on the number of alkyl substituents on the double bond formed. The more the number of alkyl groups, the higher the stability. In cyclic compounds, if the newly formed double bond is a part of the ring, the stability of the compound depends on the aromatic character. The stability will increase in the order antiaromatic < nonaromatic < aromatic.

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