Chapter 9.5: β-Elimination
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What promotes B-elimination?
strong bases
Define Zaitsev’s rule
a rule stating that the major product of a β-elimination reaction is the most stable alkene; that is, it is the alkene with the greatest number of substituents on the carbon-carbon double bond
Define dehydrohalogenation
removal of -H and -X from adjacent carbons; a type of β-elimination
What is a rule stating that the major product of a β-elimination reaction is the most stable alkene; that is, it is the alkene with the greatest number of substituents on the carbon-carbon double bond?
Zaitsev’s rule
What is removal of -H and -X from adjacent carbons; a type of β-elimination?
dehydrohalogenation
What is B-elimination
• Β-elimination is the combination of take a proton away and break a bond to give stable molecules or ions