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When o-h bond of alcohol is broken, is there an elimination reaction has taken place?

When o-h bond of alcohol is broken, is there an elimination reaction has taken place?

Grade:12th pass

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Arun
25750 Points
6 years ago
Remember that when an alcohol reacts with tosyl chloride to form a tosylate, it is the O − H bond of the alcohol that is broken, not the C − O bond. This means that the absolute configuration of the carbon atom attached to the hydroxyl group remains unchanged throughout the reaction. The reading illustrates how this fact can be exploited to control the stereochemistry in an organic synthesis.

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