Q. Formation of diethyl ether form ethanol is based on a
A) Dehydration reaction
B) Dehydrogenation reaction
C) Hydrogenation reaction
D) Homolytic fission reaction
Explanation
(a)
Ethanol on dehydration in presence of conc. $H_{2}SO_{4}$ at $140℃$, gives diethyl ether.
$2C_{2}H_{5}OH\underset{140℃}{\overset{Conc.H_{2}{SO}_{4}}{\rightarrow}}C_{2}H_{5} - O - C_{2}H_{5} + H_{2}O$
Diethyl ether
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