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No. of possible products upon dehydration are (structural only)


A

1

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B

6

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C

7

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4

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Solution

The correct option is B

6


Without worrying about the actual mechanism, let us start with the carbocation formation and get to the easiest of dehydration products where there is no carbocation rearrangement:

Now, let us look at the products that result from carbocation rearrangement:


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