• alcohol → alkene
• we use the method of dehydration to produce a ……
• dehydration is also known as ………. and involves ………….
• we go from ……. → ……….
• conditions for dehydration
• when can we NOT dehydrate an alcohol?
• dehydration is an example of the ………….. mechanism
• what catalyst is used?
• what is the product when using NaBH4?
• explain the mechanism for dehydration. acid catalysed elimination (you can draw it out also.)
• what do we form when reacting aldehyde or ketone with (acidified) KCN and what is the name of the mechanism?
• alkene → alcohol?
• example of this
• conditions
• what is NaBH4?
• how do we go from ketone → alcohol (secondary alcohol)
• aldehyde → primary alcohol
• conditions for aldehyde or ketone → hydroxynitrile
• why do we not add HCN?
• draw a cyanide ion