Dehydration Exercises:

1. Give a detailed mechanism for the acid-catalyzed dehydration of cyclohexanol to cyclohexene.

2. What is the function of the acid catalyst in promoting dehydration?

3. Why would concentrated hydrochloric acid be an inappropriate catalyst for the dehdration of alcohols?

4. What is the "limiting reagent" in the dehydration procedure?

5. Write the chemical reactions used to demonstrate the presence of alkenes (unsaturation).