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Give the dehydration product(s) of:


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Solution

The correct options are
C
D
Start with protonating the OH group and in water, there is a fantastic leaving group.
Water molecule departs, leaving behind a carbocation:

There are three different positions from which a proton could be abstracted.
Since two of them are equivalent, the products are:

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