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In chemistry, a dehydration reaction is a chemical reaction that involves the loss of water from the reacting molecule. Dehydration reactions are a subset of elimination reactions.
In organic synthesis, there are many examples of dehydration reactions:
- 2 R-OH → R-O-R + H2O
- Conversion of alcohols to alkenes
- 2 R-OH → R-O-R + H2O
- R-CH2-CHOH-R → R-CH=CH-R + H2O
- Conversion of carboxylic acids to acid anhydrides
- R-CH2-CHOH-R → R-CH=CH-R + H2O
- RCONH2 → R-CN + H2O
See also
"Dehydration reaction"