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Explain about mechanism involved in the dehydration of tertiary alcohols.

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Tertiary alcohols undergo dehydration by E1 mechanism. It involves the formation of a carbocation.

Step 1:

Step 2:

Dissociation of oxonium ion to form a carbocation

Step 3: 

Deprotonation of carbocation to form an alkene

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