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What reaction can happen between a tertiary alcohol and a strong acid?

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What reaction can happen between a tertiary alcohol and a strong acid?

Specifically, I'm referring to a possible side reaction during the synthesis of grignard reagents.

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juantoluca1

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Elimination of water to produce an alkene.

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Substitution or Elimination depending on the conditions.

HCl and HBr will react by an SN1 mechanism to produce an alkyl halide.

Acids whose conjugate base is a stronger base than Cl- and Br- can follow an E1 mechanism to produce an alkene.

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