Experiment: Elimination Reaction - Cyclohexanol to Cyclohexene
Week 3

• Do you know the arrow-pushing mechanisms of the following reactions?
  
  
  
  
• Why does the following dehydration of 1-methyl-cyclohexanol proceed faster and at a lower temperature than cyclohexanol (the starting material of this week's experiment)?
  
  
  
  What are the possible products? Indicate the major one if necessary.
  
  
  
• How many signals would you expect to see in the proton-NMR of both the starting material and product of this week's experiment? How about in the carbon-NMR?