What Is the Missing Compound in the Reaction Below?
Ethanol $\omicron$

question 179

Essay

What is the missing compound in the reaction below?
ethanol,
70 ^$\omicron$ C
CH₃CH₂CHBrCH₃ +____ $\rightarrow$ CH₃CH=CHCH₃ + Br^- + CH₃CH₂OH

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