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Which of the following has high dehydration reactivity a )cyclohexanol. b) cyclohex-2-en-1-ol. Sir plz tell me whether resonance stability or carbocation intermediate stability has to be considered ( secondary>allyl

Which of the following has high dehydration reactivity a )cyclohexanol. b) cyclohex-2-en-1-ol. Sir plz tell me whether resonance stability or carbocation intermediate stability has to be considered ( secondary>allyl

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Vikas TU
14149 Points
7 years ago
cyclohexanol would have perhaps as in cyclohex-2-en-1-ol the -OH group molecule the oxygent atom has lone pairs which would be possibly involved into the Resonance with that one doubly bonde and hence unable to donate any electrons in dehrdartion process.

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