What do you mean by dehydrohalogenation?

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(N/A) Dehydrohalogenation is the elimination reaction in which a hydrogen atom and a halogen atom are removed from adjacent carbon atoms of an alkyl halide to form an alkene. The general reaction is: $R-CH_2-CH(X)-R' + KOH (\text{alc.}) \rightarrow R-CH=CH-R' + KX + H_2O$.

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