What is dehydrohalogenation?

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(N/A) The process of removal of a hydrogen atom and a halogen atom from adjacent carbon atoms in an alkyl halide,resulting in the formation of an alkene,is called dehydrohalogenation. It involves the elimination of a hydrogen halide molecule $(HX)$.

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