Question

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

• A. Aldehyde
• B. Carboxylic acid
• C. Ketone
• D. Alkene

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

$C{H}_3-\underset{\stackrel{|}{C}{H}_3}{\stackrel{\underset{|}{C}{H}_3}{C}}-OH\underset{\text{573 K}}{\overset{\text{Cu}}{\to }}C{H}_3-\underset{\text{Alkene}}{\stackrel{\underset{|}{C}{H}_3}{C}=C{H}_2}+H_{2}O$