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

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Removal of one hydrogen atom and one halogen atom from adjacent carbon atoms of a compound is called dehydro-haloge nation.
Alkene from alkyl halide : Ethyl chloride on heating with alc. KOH undergoes dehydrohalogenation and gives ethylene.
`underset("Ethl bromide")(C_2H_5Br)+KOH(alc) overset(Delta)(rarr)underset("Ethylene")(C_2H_4)+KBr+H_2O`
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