Question

Which statment best describes the chamces that occured in the reactant in forming the alkene product

Answer 1

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a. The OH group was removed from the reactante

b. The OH group was replaced by an H atom.

c. Two atoms were removed from the reactant.

d. An H atom abd a OH group have been removed drom the reactant.

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Answer:

d. An H atom abd a OH group have been removed drom the reactant

Explanation:

As you can see in the image, the reagent is an alcohol molecule. For the transformation of the alcohol molecule into an alkene molecule, it is necessary that an intramolecular dehydration occurs, that is, it is necessary that a water molecule (two H atoms and an O atom) go out from inside the alcohol and that is exactly what happened, that is, we can say that an H atom and an OH group were removed from the reagent to form the alkene.