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Heating ethanol at 443 K with excess concentrated sulphuric acid results in the dehydration of ethanol to give __________

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a

ethanoic acid

b

ethene

c

ester

d

ethane

answer is C.

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Heating ethanol at 443 K with excess concentrated sulphuric acid results in the dehydration of ethanol to give ethene. The concentrated sulphuric acid can be regarded as a dehydrating agent which removes water from ethanol.

CH3CH2OH  Hot conc H2SO4 CH2=CH2 +H2O

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