What is a dehydration reaction?
◦ Dehydration is the elimination of water molecule from an alcohol molecule to produce alkene.
◦ A dehydration reaction is the removal of one equivalent of H2 from an alkane to produce alkene.
◦ A dehydration reaction is one of the steps in chain-reaction polymerization.
◦ A dehydration reaction is the removal of crystalline water.
◦ A dehydration reaction is the deprotonation of a substrate with a strong base in E2 mechanism.