Guest

when the vapours of tertiary butyl alcohol are passed through heated copper of 573K Name the product formed Please help fast

when the vapours of tertiary butyl alcohol are passed through heated copper of 573K Name the product formed Please help fast

Grade:11

2 Answers

Arun
25750 Points
5 years ago
When the vapours of an alcohol are passed over copper catalyst heated at 573K. it undergoes dehydrogenation (loss of hydrogen or oxidation). The product formed depends on the alcohol and hence this reaction is also used to distinguish the three classes of alcohols.
 
Tertiary alcohol when reacted with copper catalyst at 573K are not dehydrogenated but undergoes dehydration to give the corresponding alkene.
 
Regards
Arun (askIITians forum expert)
Varon
510 Points
5 years ago
See ekanath
when the vapours of tertiary butyl alcohol is passed through Cu at 573K,since it is a tertiary alcohol it will not form aldehyde or ketone but it will go elimination to form alkene ie 2 Methyl propene

Think You Can Provide A Better Answer ?

ASK QUESTION

Get your questions answered by the expert for free