Below is a mechanism that represents the following single reaction sequence: a certain alcohol undergoes acid- catalyzed dehydration (conversion that involves the loss of water from the reacting molecule or ion) to form an alkene product. Write the IUPAC name of the product. Include E/Z stereochemistry.

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Below is a mechanism that represents the following single reaction sequence: a certain alcohol undergoes acid- catalyzed dehydration (conversion that involves the loss of water from the reacting molecule or ion) to form an alkene product. Write the IUPAC name of the product. Include E/Z stereochemistry.

 

 

 

Hint: Name of the substituent of the product is similar to that of reactant. 

:ÖH
:0:"
H-ö-S-Ö-H
:0:
Fö-s-Ö-H
:Ö:
:Ö:
oxonium ion
1-phenylpropanol
H
H
нон
Carbocation stabilised by resonance
loss of water
benzylic carbocation
organic product +
H-B
Alkene formed
H
;B
proton abstraction
The resonance structures
for a benzylic carbocation
Transcribed Image Text::ÖH :0:" H-ö-S-Ö-H :0: Fö-s-Ö-H :Ö: :Ö: oxonium ion 1-phenylpropanol H H нон Carbocation stabilised by resonance loss of water benzylic carbocation organic product + H-B Alkene formed H ;B proton abstraction The resonance structures for a benzylic carbocation
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