Compare your IR spectra (starting material vs. product(s)). Provide a brief summary of what you see in terms of functional groups for both. Do your results indicate that your dehydration reaction was successful? Identify the major peaks in the spectra.
Answer:-
yes the reaction is successful
conversion of 1-methyl cyclohexanol to 1-methyl cyclohexene(major product) is the dehydration reaction you can compare both reactant and products via functional group.
1)-in the product
major peak at 3000 cm-1 is due to the alkene =CH stretching there is no other functional group peak in this spectra
2)- in the reactant major peak at around 3300 cm-1 is due to the the free OH group
and peak at approx 2900 cm-1 is due to the CH3 and CH2 groups.
Compare your IR spectra (starting material vs. product(s)). Provide a brief summary of what you see...