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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · Alcohols Phenols and Ethers

When ethanol is treated with sulphuric acid at \(413 \mathrm{~K}\) the reaction involved in it is

  1. A \(\mathrm{S}_{\mathrm{N}} 2\)
  2. B \(S_N 1\)
  3. C addition
  4. D elimination
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(A) \(\mathrm{S}_{\mathrm{N}} 2\)

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Reaction of ethanol with \(\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{SO}_4\) at \(413 \mathrm{~K}\) produces ethoxyethane (ether). It is intermolecular dehydration which follows \(S_N 2\) path.
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