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Dehydration of Methylcyclohexanol Abstract In this experiment, the dehydration of 2-methylcyclohexanol and 4-methylcyclohexanol was carried out by heating the alcohols in the presence of phosphoric acid. Both alcohols were mixtures of cis and trans isomers, so either one or both may exhibit an Evelyn Effect. Introduction The purpose of this experiment was examining the Evelyn.