The initial addition reaction is followed by an elimination reaction.

There are two main ways to do an elimination reaction.

With primary amines water is lost in an elimination reaction to an imine.

There is a certain level of competition between elimination reaction and nucleophilic substitution.

Sometimes an elimination reaction can happen instead.

Two additional elimination reactions create the quinoline ring structure.

Potassium tert-butoxide, used as a base for organic elimination reactions.

An elimination reaction regenerates the carbene and releases the product 4.

An addition reaction is the opposite of an elimination reaction.

The carbanion proceeds in an elimination reaction to create the carbon-carbon double bond.