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What is dehydrologenation? Write the equation for the formation of alkene from alkyl halide.

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Removal of hydrogen and halogen from the adjacent carbon atoms is called dehydrohalogenation.
Alkene from alkyl halide : When ethyl chloride is heated with alcoholic KOH, ethylene is formed due to dehydrohalogenation
`H - underset( H ) underset(|) overset( H) overset(|) (C) - overset( Br ) overset(|) underset(H) underset(|)(C) - H + KOH ` (Alcohokic) `underset(Delta ) to H _(2)C = CH _(2) + KBr + H _(2)O`
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