dehydrohalogenation
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10 sectionsContents
- Dehydrohalogenation from alkyl halides
- Base-promoted reactions to alkenes
- Base-promoted reactions to alkynes
- Thermal cracking
- Other dehydrohalogenations
- Epoxides
- Isocyanides
- Coordination compounds
- References
- External links
thumb|300px|Dehydrohalogenation to give an alkene
In chemistry, dehydrohalogenation is an elimination reaction which removes a hydrogen halide from a substrate. The reaction is usually associated with the synthesis of alkenes, but it has wider applications.