Which of the following alcohol, cannot be dehydrated to give alkene?

Question

Which of the following alcohol, cannot be dehydrated to give alkene? (A) t-butyl alcohol (B) Neopentyl alcohol (C) Isopropyl alcohol (D) all of these can be dehydrated

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Neopentyl alcohol cannot be dehydrated, as it has no hydrogen atom on a-carbon atom. underset textNeo-pentyl textalcohol mathopCH3- undersetCH3 oversetCH3 mathop underset| overset| mathopC* -CH2OH xrightarrowconc. H2SO4 textno textreaction

Q. Which of the following alcohol, cannot be dehydrated to give alkene?

t-butyl alcohol

Neopentyl alcohol

Isopropyl alcohol

all of these can be dehydrated

Neopentyl alcohol cannot be dehydrated, as it has no hydrogen atom on a-carbon atom. $Neo-pentyl alcohol C H_{3} - C H_{3} ∣ C ∣ C H_{3} - C H_{2} O H co n c . H_{2} S O_{4} no reaction$

Q. Which of the following alcohol, cannot be dehydrated to give alkene?

t-butyl alcohol

Neopentyl alcohol

Isopropyl alcohol

all of these can be dehydrated

Neopentyl alcohol cannot be dehydrated, as it has no hydrogen atom on a-carbon atom. Neo-pentylalcoholCH3​−CH3​∣C∗∣​CH3​​​−CH2​OH​conc.H2​SO4​​noreaction

Neopentyl alcohol cannot be dehydrated, as it has no hydrogen atom on a-carbon atom. $Neo-pentyl alcohol C H_{3} - C H_{3} ∣ C ∣ C H_{3} - C H_{2} O H co n c . H_{2} S O_{4} no reaction$