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Q. When vapours of tertiary alcohol is passed over heated copper at $573\, K$, the product formed is

Solution:

$CH_3 - \underset{\overset{|}{C}H_3}{\overset{\underset{|}{C}H_3}{C}} - OH \ce{->[{Cu}][{573 \, K}]} CH_3 - \underset{\text{Alkene}}{ \overset{\underset{|}{C}H_3}{C} = CH_2} + H_2O$