Complete the mechanism for the reaction of 2-butanol in sulfuric acid at 140 °C by adding any missing atoms, bonds, charges, non

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Complete the mechanism for the reaction of 2-butanol in sulfuric acid at 140 °C by adding any missing atoms, bonds, charges, non

bonding electrons, and curved arrows. Note the use of a generic alcohol to represent another 2-butanol introduced in panel three.

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Svetlanka [38] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-05T15:52:54+03:00

Answer:

2-Butene

Explanation:

The first step is the ionization of the acid to produce the hydronium ion. Then the OH will attack this ion to produce a charged species that can be stabilized when H2O is produced.

Then an elimination takes place to produce the more substituted alkene 2-butene and the hydronium ion is gain produced.