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Dehydration of alcohols catalyzed by copper (II) sulfate adsorbed on silica gel

T Nishiguchi, N Machida, E Yamamoto

Index: Nishiguchi, Takeshi; Machida, Nakahira; Yamamoto, Etsuko Tetrahedron Letters, 1987 , vol. 28, # 39 p. 4565 - 4568

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Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Copper(II) sulfate adsorbed on silica gel efficiently dehydrated secondary and tertiary alcohols under mild conditions to give olefins. The rate of dehydration of tertiary alcohols is much faster than that of secondary alcohols. ... Secondary and tertiary alcohols were dehydrated ...