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Chugaev elimination

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The Chugaev elimination is a chemical reaction that involves the net removal of water from alcohols to produce alkenes. The intermediate is a xanthate. It is named for its discoverer, the Russian chemist Lev Chugaev, who first reported the reaction sequence in 1899.

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