Processing math: 100%
Skip to main content
Library homepage
 

Text Color

Text Size

 

Margin Size

 

Font Type

Enable Dyslexic Font
Chemistry LibreTexts

Elimination

( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,}\)

An elimination is a reaction in which an organic compound loses two ligands without gaining any.

eg. 1:

1,1elimination1.png

net reaction:

11elimination2.png

In this reaction, 1 loses two ligands, H and Br, without gaining any. Therefore, this reaction is an elimination reaction.

eg. 2:

elimination1.png

net reaction:

elimination2.png

In this reaction, 2 loses two ligands, H and Cl, without gaining any. Therefore, this reaction is an elimination reaction.

Overall, elimination is the exact opposite of addition.

eg:

see also 1,1-elimination, 1,2-elimination

Template:HideTOC


This page titled Elimination is shared under a All Rights Reserved (used with permission) license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Gamini Gunawardena via source content that was edited to the style and standards of the LibreTexts platform.

  • Was this article helpful?

Support Center

How can we help?