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Offline james_sch1

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Acid Catalyzed hydrogenation of alcohol question
« on: March 21, 2008, 05:38:32 PM »
According to my textbook, an acid-catalyzed hydrogenation of an alcohol proceeds in an E1 mechanism under higher temperatures but never explains why. Could some shed some insight?

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