DIY Glycolysis

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Step Five - Dehydration of Dihydroxyacetone phosphate

Not Possible.

To dehydrate you need to remove a hydroxyl group and a hydrogen atom from an adjacent carbon. Dihydroxyacetone doesn't have an appropriate configuration. Apart from that dehydration doesn't help you isomerise to glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate.