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Q.19. Write the mechanism of acid dehydration of ethanol to yield ethene.

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Alcohols undergo dehydration (removal of a molecule of water) to form alkenes on treating with a protic acid. Ethanol undergoes dehydration by heating it with concentrated sulphuric acid at 443 K.

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