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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Definitions:

Proactive Interference

A phenomenon where old information hinders the recall or learning of new information.

Source Amnesia

The loss of memory regarding the specific context, including the place, time, or manner in which certain knowledge was gained, despite retaining the facts themselves.

Imagination Inflation

The increase in confidence that an imagined event actually occurred, due to the imagining of the event.

Misinformation Effect

A phenomenon where one's recall of episodic memories becomes less accurate due to post-event information.