Describe the elimination reaction?

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Describe the elimination reaction?

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Elimination reaction

It is a chemical reaction in which atoms from a molecule is removed, which leads to the formation of a double bond. One of the most commonly occurring elimination reactions is the one in which the biomolecule contains an alcohol functional group, and water is removed from this biomolecule.

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