A tertiary alkyl halide sterically hinders substitution as well as the multiple molecules involved in a con-certed reaction.
A tertiary alkyl halide sterically hinders substitution as well as the multiple molecules involved in a con-certed reaction. The removal of the halide and formation of a carbocation is the first and the rate-limiting step. The protic solvent, often alcohol, usually acts as the weak base in the second step, deprotonating that carbocation to form an alkene. For ten points, what is this two-step reaction where two groups are removed from a molecule?
A tertiary alkyl halide sterically hinders substitution as well as the multiple molecules involved in a con-certed reaction.
E1 or unimolecular elimination