dehydrochlorinated
Dehydrochlorinated is an adjective describing a substance that has undergone dehydrochlorination, a chemical reaction in which hydrogen chloride (HCl) is eliminated from a molecule. This process creates a new unsaturation, typically a carbon–carbon double bond in organic substrates, or a triple bond when two dehydrohalogenation steps occur on dihalides.
In organic synthesis, dehydrochlorination refers to base- or heat-induced elimination of HCl from haloalkanes to form
The term also applies to dehydrochlorination during polymer degradation. Thermal dehydrochlorination of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) eliminates
Applications and considerations. Dehydrochlorination is used deliberately in synthesis to generate alkenes and alkynes. It is
In summary, dehydrochlorinated describes compounds that have lost HCl, typically forming new unsaturation, with relevance in