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Name the organic compound formed when vapours of tertiary butty alcohol is passed over heated copper at 573 K. Write the equation.
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When the vapours of a primary or a secondary alcohol are passed over heated copper at 573K, dehydrogenation takes place and an aldehyde or a ketone is formed. In the case of tertiary alcohols, it goes dehydration
When the vapours of a primary or a secondary alcohol are passed over heated copper at 573K, dehydrogenation takes place and an aldehyde or a ketone is formed. In the case of tertiary alcohols, it goes dehydration
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